To borrow from @mariepetersmann.bsky.social in 2023, the theoretical lineage of critical fabulation matters.
1) It's not "from literary theory"; it's by Saidiya Hartman, & explicitly rooted in Black feminist justice.
2) It demands deep immersion in archival materials, *not* avoidance of them.
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Cris van Eijk
Rebranding a hallucination as a ‘critical confabulation’ that can fill archival gaps is a big no from me.
