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支持者月報 2021年1月號
六四記憶 ·人權博物館工作月報2021.1
各位「六四記憶 ·人權博物館」的支持者，新年好！
病毒肆虐、充滿意外的2020年已經過去，不少人期盼新一年的來臨從未這樣急切，而我們背負的歷史卻不能隨著日曆的替換而變輕、變遠。過去一年，政權以瘟疫為名不斷收緊民眾自由，全球反極權運動正如火如荼地展開：從香港、泰國到白俄羅斯，「沒有暴徒，只有暴政」超越了語言，苛政之下渴求自由的人們都在心底疾呼。
歲末年終，凜冬之下，我們關心真相與正名。周梓樂死因庭已逾20日，其父強忍悲痛說出的那句：「希望可以找到真相，盡量接近真相」，在肅殺的政治氣氛中更顯難能可貴。時至2021年，「六四」屠殺發生將近32年，其間多少人鼓足勇氣，甚至付出生命，正是為了「盡量接近真相」。去年12月底，日本政府公開1987年到1990年26冊、總數超過一萬頁的外交文件，其中包括「六四」發生時日本政府對華政策等重要內容。隨著歷史真相一一揭示，我們希望在記憶消磨之前，盡量把被沖刷淨盡的真相展現。
幸運的是，本月我們收到數名讀者來函，提供他們珍藏的「六四」物件與記錄，為博物館的史料收藏增添重要一筆。如果正在讀郵件的你，有個人收藏、參與研究過與1989中國學潮、民運相關的資料，或是保存過上述資料的機構代表，如果你願意將自己親歷或經手過的歷史資料，在「六四記憶 ·人權博物館」儲存一份檔案，以資永久保存，並作為連續脈絡的一部分開放給公眾閱覽，我們非常希望能夠與你合作收藏。請一定與我們聯絡：64.museum.online@protonmail.com。
過去一個月，工作小隊在博物館線上空間分類的基礎上，著重「六四」時間線與出版物歸整，主視覺設計與網頁數據工程團隊亦已建立，開始初步提案。此外，我們正進一步確認並成立學術委員會，希望在博物館的架構與內容上得到更精準、翔實的建議與支持。新一季度，工作小隊將繼續進行現有的「六四」檔案化工作，並陸續開始展廳策劃、社交媒體推廣等新工作項目。如果有任何關於博物館的建議、意見、資源聯絡，歡迎給我們寫信：64.museum.online@protonmail.com。
在寒冷的一年之初，願大家平安，繼續同行。
「六四記憶 ·人權博物館」工作團隊
2021.1.4
Monthly Bulletin, Jan 2021
Monthly Bulletin from the ‘June 4th Memory & Human Rights Museum’, Jan 2021
Dear supporter of the 'June 4th Memory & Human Rights Museum',
With the pandemic and all the unexpected twists, 2020 was a tough year for many — we have probably never been so keen to welcome the new year. But the coming of 2021 doesn’t mean the history on our shoulders is any lighter or dimmer. For the past year, civic freedom has been under constant threat across the globe in the name of containing the COVID, while the anti-totalitarian movements are still in their full swing. The outcry ‘no rioters, only tyranny’ transcended the language barriers, and was shouted out in places from Hong Kong to Thailand and Belarus.
At the turn of the year amid this bitter winter, we are calling for the truth and rehabilitation. ‘I hope to find the truth, to get as close to the truth as possible,’ said Chow Tsz-lok’s father at the Coroner’s Court, which has held the inquest for more than twenty days, yet his demand seems especially difficult to fulfill under the current circumstances. During the thirty-two years since the June 4th massacre occurred, there have been many risking their lives just to ‘get as close to the truth as possible’. The Japanese Government has recently made public a series of diplomatic documents dating from 1987 to 1990, which contains 26 volumes and more than ten thousand pages, revealing the Japanese policies toward China during and after the June 4th massacre. We hope to do our best to access to the truths before they are washed out, just like what they did with those documents in Japan.
Fortunately, we have received numerous responses from the readers with their relics and memories from the June 4th massacre, helping us nourish the museum’s collection. So once again, we would like to ask for your help: if you possess any collections, or have participated in any researches related to the 1989 student demonstration and the democracy movement, please contact us at 64.museum.online@protonmail.com to have your contributions permanently archived in our online museum as part of the historical context for public access. Representatives from institutions preserving any aforementioned materials are welcome as well.
For the past month we have started sorting the timeline and publications related to the movement according to the layout of the online museum. Meanwhile, the visual design and web data engineering team have been set up undertaking the initial proposals. We are also in the process of confirming the candidates for expert committee, in the hope to obtain their precise and substantial advice to better equip the museum. For the coming quarter we will continue the ongoing digitalization of relics, and move on to some other new tasks including curation works and public relations campaign on social media. Please contact us at 64.museum.online@protonmail.com should you have any advice or information that you would like us to know.
We wish you a safe and happy New Year!
June 4th Memory & Human Rights Museum
Jan 4, 2021
