Urgent archives : enacting liberatory memory work [2021]
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Urgent archives : enacting liberatory memory work / Michelle Caswell.
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Published
London : Routledge, 2021.
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Physical Description
129 p. ; 24 p.
Contents Summary
"Urgent Archives argues that archivists can and should do more to disrupt white supremacy and hetero-patriarchy beyond the standard liberal archival solutions of more diverse collecting and more inclusive description. Grounded in the emerging field of critical archival studies, this book uncovers how dominant western archival theories and practices are oppressive by design, while looking toward the the radical politics of community archives to envision new liberatory theories and practices. Based on more than a decade of ethnography at community archives sites including the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA), the book explores how members of minoritized communities activate records to build solidarities across and within communities, trouble linear progress narratives, and disrupt cycles of oppression. Caswell explores the temporal, representational, and material aspects of liberatory memory work, arguing that archival disruptions in time and space should be neither about the past nor the future, but about the liberatory affects and effects of memory work in the present. Urgent Archives extends the theoretical range of critical archival studies and provides a new framework for archivists looking to transform their practices. The book should also be of interest to scholars of archival studies, museum studies, public history, memory studies, gender and ethnic studies and digital humanities"--
Subjects
Subject Terms
Archives -> Political aspects -> United States.
Archives -> Social aspects -> United States.
Minorities -> United States -> Archives.
South Asian Americans -> Archives.
Sexual minorities -> United States -> Archives.
Archivists -> United States -> Training of.
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Title Variation
Enacting liberatory memory work
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Content
Community Archives: Assimilation, Integration, or Resistance? -- A Matter of Time: Archival Temporalities -- Community Archives Interrupting Time -- From Representation to Activation -- Imagining Liberatory Memory Work -- Liberation Now!
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ISBN
9781003001355
Holdings
| Item Type | Current Location | Collection | Call Number | Volume Info | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | OSA Archivum Library | Archival, library and information sciences collection | 020.973 CAS | - | Reference | - |
Urgent archives : enacting liberatory memory work [2021]
In Research Room
BookGeneral Information
Author
General Information
Original Title
Urgent archives : enacting liberatory memory work / Michelle Caswell.
General Information
Published
London : Routledge, 2021.
General Information
Physical Description
129 p. ; 24 p.
Contents Summary
"Urgent Archives argues that archivists can and should do more to disrupt white supremacy and hetero-patriarchy beyond the standard liberal archival solutions of more diverse collecting and more inclusive description. Grounded in the emerging field of critical archival studies, this book uncovers how dominant western archival theories and practices are oppressive by design, while looking toward the the radical politics of community archives to envision new liberatory theories and practices. Based on more than a decade of ethnography at community archives sites including the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA), the book explores how members of minoritized communities activate records to build solidarities across and within communities, trouble linear progress narratives, and disrupt cycles of oppression. Caswell explores the temporal, representational, and material aspects of liberatory memory work, arguing that archival disruptions in time and space should be neither about the past nor the future, but about the liberatory affects and effects of memory work in the present. Urgent Archives extends the theoretical range of critical archival studies and provides a new framework for archivists looking to transform their practices. The book should also be of interest to scholars of archival studies, museum studies, public history, memory studies, gender and ethnic studies and digital humanities"--
Subjects
Subject Terms
Archives -> Political aspects -> United States.
Archives -> Social aspects -> United States.
Minorities -> United States -> Archives.
South Asian Americans -> Archives.
Sexual minorities -> United States -> Archives.
Archivists -> United States -> Training of.
Bibliographic Information
Title Variation
Enacting liberatory memory work
Bibliographic Information
Content
Community Archives: Assimilation, Integration, or Resistance? -- A Matter of Time: Archival Temporalities -- Community Archives Interrupting Time -- From Representation to Activation -- Imagining Liberatory Memory Work -- Liberation Now!
Bibliographic Information
ISBN
9781003001355
Holdings
Book - 020.973 CAS
Item Type
Book
Current Location
OSA Archivum Library
Current Location
OSA Archivum Library
Call Number
020.973 CAS
Volume Info
-
Shelving Location
-
Public Note
-