Documenting the Israeli Democracy Protest Movement - Incite at Columbia University
Documenting the Israeli Democracy Protest Movement
- Funding Program Left Field Fund
- Timeframe 2024–2025
- Project Lead Maya Gayer
- Award $5,000
The "Israeli Democracy Protest Movement Oral History Archive" is a compilation of extensive interviews documenting the activities and milestones of this emerging movement. The archive features over 20 in-depth interviews with prominent organizers representing a wide range of affinity groups—women, students, academics, tech entrepreneurs, veterans, and economists, among others. These interviews capture the participants’ accounts of organizing strategies, challenges, internal debates, and key insights.
With funding from the Left Field Fund, the archive will be preserved through its incorporation into the National Library of Israel and Stanford University’s Judaica and Hebraica Collections. As a result, the archive aims to serve as a valuable resource for researchers, activists, and the general public interested in understanding and addressing democratic backsliding globally.
Beyond preserving the narrative of a significant historical event, the archive is noted for its potential to provide lessons for other societies grappling with democratic erosion.
About the Team
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Maya Gayer
Maya Gayer has been an Israeli journalist for over two decades as well as a senior content editor in GLZ radio station for the past decade. In recent years, Maya also established and directed an arts management fellowship program for the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality, served as the head content editor for a documentary series aired on KAN (the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation), and taught podcast production at several academic institutions. Maya is currently a Fulbright fellow and will soon graduate from the MA Oral History Program at Columbia University, where she is developing her thesis project, "The Israeli Democracy Protest Movement Oral History Archive."
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