Rapid Response Collecting

Language: English
Contributors: Marianna Fioretti

Description

Rapid Response Collecting is a museum and archival practice aimed at acquiring objects and materials linked to unfolding social, political, or cultural events in order to preserve their contemporary significance before it is lost.

From a critical perspective, Rapid Response Collecting can also be understood as a contested practice, where institutional authority intersects with activism, raising questions about who has the power to define the meaning and ownership of contemporary memory.

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Date of entry: February 23, 2026
Pussyhat knitted and worn at the 2017 Women’s March, created as a symbol of solidarity and protest against gender inequality, now part of the Victoria & Albert Museum’s Rapid Response Collection — a material witness to collective action, design activism, and contemporary memory.
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