‘How are archive documents actually stored and organised? And how do we deal with items that do not fit into man-made categories? In the film Varia, documentary maker Laura Huygen captures what archivists at Radboud University do to preserve the history of the university. The short film focuses specifically on the category ‘varia’: items that do not fit into any existing category. The film shows, for example, how protest signs from pro-Palestinian demonstrations are preserved. The archive is not