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Can genuine archival documents be used to manipulate our knowledge of the past? Of course, only three steps suffice: restrict historians' access to archives, select sources according to a desired premise and make sure your message reaches a wide audience, especially non-historians.
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In 1994, the European Monetary Institute (EMI) was established. Based first in Basel (Switzerland), and subsequently in Frankfurt am Main (Germany), the newly created institute was one of the most structurally significant outcomes of the 1992 Treaty of Maastricht and was intended to shepherd the creation of a new currency for the European Union - the Euro banknotes and coins - as well as to prepare for the establishment of the future European Central Bank (ECB). Unlike many other new...
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Over the years, internationally-minded archivists have had to consider the possibility of taking custody of archives from another country because the archives are at risk in their country of origin. The risks may take many forms, but archives in war-zones and other disaster areas, and archives at environmental risk (including risks of climate change) provide striking examples. The removal of archives from one country to another is always likely to be controversial, however, and even...
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Many people who grew up in care have gaps in their childhood memories and unanswered questions about their early lives. In the absence of family photos and stories they turn to records held by the local authorities and charities that looked after them. Accessing these records is a practically and emotionally challenging process. Response times are often long and the records received are redacted because they include confidential information about “third parties’” who are often family and...
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La chute du mur de Berlin ne comportait-elle pas la promesse d’une paix durable ? Ce livre analyse la perpétuation de violences de toutes sortes dans un monde dont le totalitarisme ne constitue plus la référence centrale. À l’heure de la globalisation, il montre que ces violences relèvent de dynamiques hétérogènes : conflits armés, mais aussi arbitraire étatique, brutalités du capitalisme, exclusions physiques ou symboliques. Parallèlement, il souligne combien les sociétés résistent à de...
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La relación entre archivos y derechos humanos ha sido intensa desde que se elaborara la Declaración de Derechos del Hombre y del Ciudadano, en 1789. La creación del Registro Civil o de los registros de propiedad junto con otros archivos públicos respondían al reto de hacer posible el ejercicio de aquellos derechos. A ese reto inicial han seguido otros como el de la lucha contra la impunidad de los crímenes contra los derechos humanos, auspiciada por Naciones Unidas. Fue la ocupación de los...
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On 10 December 1948 the Third General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: a universal declaration, not a United Nations declaration. The Preamble of the Declaration begins by proclaiming that “recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world”. As archivists know, the nexus between human rights and archives is strong and...
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