About The
Little Guyana
Archive
‘Our assumed history is but a strange wind’ but it is not taboo to fetch what is at risk of being left behind.
Kaieteur Falls, Guyana
The White Diamond (2004)
The Little Guyana Archive is a living archive of Guyanese art, architecture, history, and culture.
The Little Guyana Archive was created by Guyanese-American architect Jonathan Plass centralizing and making public his own research and personal histories. Today, the archive is still in it's infancy and it's definition and purpose are still evolving. The Little Guyana Archive is seeking fellow Guyanese around the globe to contribute and become a part of the birth of what hopes to be a healthy home for Guyanese art, architecture, history, and culture to be both remembered and created.
The Origins of the Archive
The Little Guyana Archive is an expansion of and ideas first found in Plass’ Bachelor of Architecture thesis Liminality & Little Guyana: Explorations in Caribbean Culture, History, and Spatial Practices. You can listen to his 10-minute talk from the Repurposing Places for Social and Environmental Resilience International Conference 2023 below. The video discusses the thesis and the early ideas of the archive.