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Background: Prostate brachytherapy (BT) techniques have evolved over the past century. This paper aimed to preserve our collective memory of history and the early development of its technique. We searched articles in PubMed and Google Scholar using keywords referring to authors, dates, and BT technical details, including different radioactive sources and country-specific publications. We reviewed the work published by Holm and Aronowitz. The digital library Internet Archives was used to retrieve original journal articles, science newspaper printings, and government reports, which allowed us to situate the development of BT in its sociopolitical context in Europe and the USA. Our search was conducted in English, French, and German languages. Summary: Early BT methods were developed by European physicians with early access to radium. Technical advancements were made by HH Young, who brought this practice to the USA, where Barringer pioneered the use of radon seeds and low-dose interstitial brachytherapy. While centralized radiotherapy centers, such as Memorial Hospital in New York, emerged for training and research, the high cost of radium and opposing interests made brachytherapy harder to implement in Germany. After World War II, the introduction of man-made radioisotopes allowed experiments with colloidal solutions and new seeds, including I-125. In the 1980s, transrectal ultrasound allowed for more accurate radioactive seed insertion and replaced the transrectal finger guidance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the realm of digital archives, a transformative shift is currently underway, with archives emerging as crucial spaces for community building, particularly within Latin American diasporic communities in the United States. This essay reflects on the Home Movie Remezcla project, a critical digital archives initiative I currently facilitate that works collaboratively with individuals to remix their home movie footage with video-recorded "testimonios," a Latin American oral history tradition, to create a new archival record that enacts a description process in which record creators exercise their agency and control over their narratives. This project reimagines the archive as a site for communal resistance and healing from the effects of imbalanced power dynamics, including those in the archive, by drawing on the principles of Latiné feminist relationality. Ultimately, it aims to create spaces for collectively reimagining and enacting alternative ways of doing archiving that emphasizes caring, reciprocal, and responsible archival relations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]