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1 online resource (xv, 236 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Contents |
PART 1 Rethinking histories and theories; CHAPTER 1 Moving the margins to the middle: reconciling 'the archive' with the archives -- CHAPTER 2 Organisms, skeletons and the archivist as palaeontologist: metaphors of archival order and reconstruction in context -- CHAPTER 3 'Records in context' in context : a brief history of data modelling for archival description -- CHAPTER 4 Mapping archival silence: technology and the historical record -- CHAPTER 5 Hidden voices in the archives: pioneering women archivists in early 20th-century England -- PART 2 Engaging records and archives; CHAPTER 6 The use and reuse of documents by chancellors, archivists and government members in an early modern republican state: Genoa's Giunta dei confini and its archives -- CHAPTER 7 The bumpy road to transparency: access and secrecy in 19th-century records in the Dutch East Indies -- CHAPTER 8 Archival ethics and indigenous justice: conflict or coexistence? -- CHAPTER 9 History and development of information and recordkeeping in Malawi -- CHAPTER 10 History of community archiving in Poland -- CHAPTER 11 Reflecting on practice: artists' experiences in the archives |
| Summary |
This collection provides a multifaceted response to today's fascination with the idea of the archive and showcases the myriad ways in which archival ideas and practices are being engaged and developed by emerging and internationally renowned scholars. Engaging with Records and Archives offers a selection of original, insightful and imaginative papers from the Seventh International Conference on the History of Records and Archives (I-CHORA 7). The contributions in this volume comprise a wide variety of views of records, archives and archival functions, spanning diverse regions, communities, disciplinary perspectives and time periods. From the origins of contemporary grassroots archival activism in Poland to the role of women archivists in early 20th century England; from the management of records in the Dutch East Indies in the 19th century to the relationship between Western and Indigenous cultures in North America and other modern archival conundrums, this collection reveals the richness of archival thinking through compelling examples from past and present that will captivate the reader |
| Notes |
"This book offers a selection of papers from the Seventh International Conference on the History of Records and Archives (I-CHORA 7), which took place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from July 29 to 31, 2015"--Editors' introduction |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Archives -- History -- Congresses
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Archives -- Congresses
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Records -- History -- Congresses
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Records -- Congresses
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- Archives & Special Libraries.
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Archives
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Records
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Foscarini, Fiorella, editor.
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MacNeil, Heather, editor.
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Mak, Bonnie, editor.
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Oliver, Gillian, editor.
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| ISBN |
1783301600 |
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9781783301607 |
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