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Evidence, memory, identity, and community: four shifting archival paradigms
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- Cook, Terry (Author)
Title
Evidence, memory, identity, and community: four shifting archival paradigms
Abstract
This essay argues that archival paradigms over the past 150 years have gone through four phases: from juridical legacy to cultural memory to societal engagement to community archiving. The archivist has been transformed, accordingly, from passive curator to active appraiser to societal mediator to community facilitator. The focus of archival thinking has moved from evidence to memory to identity and community, as the broader intellectual currents have changed from pre-modern to modern to postmodern to contemporary. Community archiving and digital realities offer possibilities for healing these disruptive and sometimes conflicting discourses within our profession.
Publication
Archival Science
Volume
13
Issue
2
Pages
95-120
Date
2013-06-01
Journal Abbr
Arch Sci
Language
English
ISSN
1573-7519
Short Title
Evidence, memory, identity, and community
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Cook, T. (2013). Evidence, memory, identity, and community: four shifting archival paradigms. Archival Science, 13(2), 95–120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10502-012-9180-7
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