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Sexton, A., Douglas, J., Wright, K., & Laurent, N. (2026). Introduction to the special issue on trauma-informed approaches to archives and records. Archives and Records, 47(2–3), 161–176. https://doi.org/10.1080/23257962.2026.2720645

This double special issue on trauma-informed approaches to archives is aligned with a recent growth in scholarship examining ‘trauma’ as an explanatory category of relevance to archivists and broader record workersFootnote1 and all those who are represented in, are related to, or who encounter archives and records. In this opening section we offer a brief and broad overview of the archival scholarship surrounding this emergent focus on trauma and trauma-informed practice to relationally position the issue’s articles.

Sedran-Price, C. (2026). Indigenous Governance of Data Held by Organisations: How to Operationalise Indigenous Data Sovereignty Principles in Australia. Data Science Journal, 25(1). https://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2026-032

In Australia, the Maiam nayri Wingara Indigenous Data Sovereignty principles were developed and published in 2018 and as a result, there is a growing body of academic and policy relevant literature on Indigenous Data Sovereignty. There are increasing calls from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and their organisations, governments, statistical agencies and universities for practical guidance on how to operationalise Indigenous Data Sovereignty principles through Indigenous...

Guidebook by Jane Anderson and Vanessa Smith: “…outlines data types, legal and governance foundations, provenance, collection & consent, storage infrastructure & access, use & reuse, attribution & accountability, and common misconceptions…"

The Armenian Memory Project (AMP) is a collaborative effort designed to harness the energy and resources of the University of Connecticut and the New England Armenian community for the goal of fostering greater understanding of the region’s Armenian cultural heritage and the impact human rights crimes had on the Armenian community. In 2019, students and faculty from the university worked with Armenian American institutions and individuals on an initial component of the AMP, employing digital...

Jurcys, P., Fenwick, M., Greenwald, A., Kozuka, S., Loikkanen, V., Mann, S. P., & Earp, B. D. (2026). Who owns my AI twin? Data ownership in a new world of simulated identities. Computer Law & Security Review, 62, 106347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2026.106347

The advent of AI twins (digital replicas encapsulating individuals’ knowledge, psychological traits, memories, beliefs, preferences, values, and behaviors) raises distinctive legal and ethical challenges. These entities, derived from personal data, compel a re-evaluation of what it means to have dominion over one’s data, and what it is to be a person or to have a personal identity in an AI-mediated age.

Ürgen, E. (2026). “Skeletons and Skulls Scattered Everywhere.” Human Rights Watch. https://www.hrw.org/report/2026/05/18/skeletons-and-skulls-scattered-everywhere/arakan-army-massacre-of-rohingya

Omar Ahmod risked his safety to return to Hoyyar Siri a few months after the massacre, located the sites where he had seen civilians gunned down, and took videos and photographs of human remains. These images were analyzed by forensics experts who, in some cases, identified gunshot injuries to the skulls of victims.

When governments collect sensitive data about private individuals, personal privacy and governmental transparency come into conflict. How should we resolve this tension?

Ghaddar, J. J. (2025). Palestine as provenance: archiving against genocide from Gaza to South Lebanon (Jabal Amil). Archival Science, 25(3), 20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10502-025-09484-y

How can we archive against genocide in Gaza and its extension elsewhere in Palestine and surrounding countries like Lebanon in this urgent moment while avoiding the pitfalls of white guilt and paternalistic benevolence? How can we draw on models and practices of mutual aid and solidarity between Lebanon and Palestine to articulate a robust decolonial archival praxis?

Bernard Thomas. (2025). « A repository of identity and rights ». Lëtzebuerger Land. https://www.land.lu/page/article/290/343290/FRE/index.html

Roger Hearn, le directeur des secours et des services sociaux de l’UNRWA, sur la digitalisation des archives de l’agence de l’Onu. La question archivistique est éminemment politique: La documentation de I'UNRWA « supports claims to identity, lineage, and origin », rappelle un récent «strategic assessment» commandité par le secrétaire général de l'Onu.

Kelcey, J., & Irfan, A. (2025). Rescuing the UNRWA Archive: Saving Palestinian History amidst the Gaza Genocide. History Workshop Journal, dbaf024. https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/dbaf024

Israel’s genocide in Gaza has entailed extensive attacks on Palestinian heritage and history, including institutional archives which preserve historical documents, like that of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). In this article, we trace how a small team of UNRWA staff successfully resisted these attacks by rescuing the agency’s archival materials and transferring them out of Gaza.

Cookson, T. P., & Carlitz, R. (2025). Gender data for good? Partnerships between tech companies and humanitarian and development organizations. Big Data & Society, 12(3), 20539517251368242. https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517251368242

In 2013, the United Nations called for a “Data Revolution” to advance sustainable development. “Data for Good” initiatives that have followed bring together development and humanitarian actors with technology companies. Few studies have examined the composition of Data for Good partnerships or assessed the uptake and use of the data they generate.

How can we archive against genocide in Gaza and its extension elsewhere in Palestine and surrounding countries like Lebanon in this urgent moment while avoiding the pitfalls of white guilt and paternalistic benevolence?

How can we archive against genocide in Gaza and its extension elsewhere in Palestine and surrounding countries like Lebanon in this urgent moment while avoiding the pitfalls of white guilt and paternalistic benevolence?

Okorie, C. I., & Omino, M. (2025). Addressing Inequitable Openness in Licences for Sharing African Data and Datasets Through the Nwulite Obodo Open Data Licence. Law, Technology and Humans. https://doi.org/10.5204/lthj.4001

Standard Public Open Licences (SPOLs) may unintentionally reinforce exclusion and enable extractive data practices that disadvantage communities contributing valuable datasets that they have preserved and curated through historically challenging conditions.

Open data fall short of their goal to empower all social groups equally. Although the literature examines this issue through the concept of inclusion, substantial gaps remain in defining and understanding the implications of open data for equity in public administration, with research on this topic scattered across disciplines. This fragmentation hinders the possibility of evaluating public policies.

de Souza, S. P., & Taylor, L. (2025). Rebooting the global consensus: Norm entrepreneurship, data governance and the inalienability of digital bodies. Big Data & Society, 12(2), 20539517251330191. https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517251330191

The establishment of norms among states is a common way of governing international actions. This article analyses the potential of norm-building for governing data and artificial intelligence technologies' collective effects. Rather than focusing on state actors's ability to establish and enforce norms, however, we identify a contrasting process taking place among civil society organisations in response to the international neoliberal consensus on the commodification of data. The norm we...

Pan American Health Organization. (2024). Documenting cases of violence against women and girls and recording the health sector response: How to strengthen health administrative data on intimate partner violence and sexual violence in the Region of the Americas. Information kit. Pan American Health Organization. https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/62790

Violence against women and girls is a major public health challenges in the Region of the Americas. While preventing violence requires a multisectoral response, the health system has a critical role to play, including providing appropriate care and support to survivors of violence. One of the strengths of the health system response is its access to valuable data to monitor the response to violence, to sensitize others, and to advocate for change. Good health administrative data facilitate...

Mose Norman, a Black registered voter, was ready to cast his ballot for presidential candidate Warren G. Harding. But when he arrived at his polling place on Election Day, Nov. 2, 1920, in the orange grove town of Ocoee, Florida, near Orlando, Norman was turned away by white election officials because of supposed unpaid poll taxes. His name and the names of hundreds of other registered Black voters had been removed from the rolls by white poll workers.

A group of women activists is lobbying the committee to consider including in the treaty a new definition aimed at protecting women against all forms of oppression. They are advocating for a definition of this discrimination as “gender apartheid”. The idea is that it would track the definition of racial apartheid by replacing the word “race” with “gender”.