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The Feral Archive

Archivists and collectors have the Sisyphean task of preventing forgetting, working to maintain the in integrity of collections so that we do not forget. In curating material collections, archivists hold the past in hand. The Feral Archive unintentionally subverts and questions this desire: it is a catalogue of rare materials destroyed in a catastrophic water main break. The collection deteriorates every time I engage with it; bindings dissolve; when I unstick a page from another, words disappear as the sheets separate. Because of the moldy condition, I must keep the items in our garage, which lacks temperature and humidity controls; it is also the home of many neighbourhood animals: rats, mice, and curious cats and raccoons. When I visit in the morning, I find rat droppings on the pages, reminding me that the collection’s lifecycle is no longer in human hands. Unexpected lifeforms emerge as well: fungal and creative accretions accumulate. The Feral Archive reminds us that archives are networks, of people, of animals, of things we do not see. More info at

Project: Dialogue on Retrofitting Low-Rise Multi-Unit Residential Buildings with Heat Pumps

Working with Shauna Sylvester, a previous Fellow with SFU Centre for Dialogue. Marion's is supporting the project as a rapporteur, listening closely for the broader themes and patterns in the discussion, keeping detailed raw notes, and creating a summary report of themes and anonymized participant observations to support Shauna’s policy recommendations. The project is funded by Urban Climate Leadership, a project of MakeWay Charitable Society. More info at

Thesis project: Examining the role of law in business continuity planning in Canada, the UK and Australia

Role responsibilities:

• Completing a global scan of business continuity laws and a comparative analysis of Canadian, Australian and British laws
• Convening a focus group of business continuity professionals to assess their use of the law in their practice
• Analyzing and synthesizing the findings above for the DRI Canada Board and membership through various knowledge mobilization activities (convening webinars, drafting a final report, publication of the thesis)

This project is a collaboration with Dr. Yushu Zhu (SFU Urban Studies, SFU Public Policy) and Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) Canada, and is partially funded through Mitacs Accelerate.

In Press

Benkaiouche, M. & Campbell, C. “Education in a time of disaster” or “Disaster Response Pedagogy” (chapter title subject to change) in Campbell, C. Education in a time of social and environmental unraveling. Routledge. (forthcoming early 2026)

Campbell, C., Hoeller, T. & Benkaiouche, M. "Illuminating limits: educating for postgrowth in a time of polycrisis and accelerating info-abundance". In: R. Irwin & T. Everth (Eds.), special issue: “Beyond the Metacrisis: Educating for the Future World to Come”, Australian Journal of Environmental Education. (forthcoming late 2025/early 2026)

Under Review

Benkaiouche, M. & Campbell, C. “Semiocide as a Heuristic for Duoethnography and Public Pedagogy”. In: McDougall, J. & Dase, K. .

Non-scholarly publications

SubTerrain Literary Magazine – Book Reviews (2018 – 2024)

• Issue 97: Standing Heavy by GauZ’
• Issue 96: Emily Riddle’s The Big Melt
• Issue 91: Ah-sen, Anglin, Code and Henderson’s Disintegration in Four Parts
• Issue 89: Emanuele Coccia’s Metamorphoses
• Issue 88: Norm Boucher’s Horseplay: My time undercover on the Granville strip
• Issue 85: Wendy Wickwire’s At the Bridge: James Teit and an anthropology of belonging ()
• Issue 82: Gidigaa Migizi’s Michi Saagig Nishnaabeg: This is Our Territory
• Issue 79: Patrik Sampler’s The Ocean Container

SubTerrain Literary Magazine – Creative Works (2025)

• Issue 100, two short stories excerpted from my novella, Violette: a triptych: "Horizon of possibility" and "On feminine monasticism" under a pseudonym

• Robert Lemon Heritage Studies Prize – Vancouver Heritage Foundation (2025/26 Academic Year): Awarded $4 000 to complete a GIS research and development project on Vancouver’s Canadian literary publishers (a feature of the Feral Archive digital exhibition).
• Mitacs Accelerate Research Fellow – Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) Canada (Sept 2024 to Sept 2025): I was selected by the DRI Canada board to undertake an applied research project, which supports research expenses and provides a $45 000 in yearly stipend and research expenses over the internship duration.
• University of Victoria Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) Tuition Scholarship (June 2024): Received a $1 000 scholarship to support my attendance to 2 DHSI courses, based on need and merit.
• University of British Columbia Alumna-in-Residence, Career Design Studio (August 2023 – May 2024): For the 2023/2024 academic year, UBC’s Faculty of Arts Career team invited me to serve a unique mentorship role in undergraduates’ lives, an award valued at approximately $4 000.