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      Urgent Archives: Enacting Liberatory Memory Work

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      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.

      Urgent Archives argues that archivists can an...

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      Product ID:9781032000275
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:Routledge Studies in Archives
      Title:Urgent Archives
      Subtitle:Enacting Liberatory Memory Work
      Authors:Author: Michelle Caswell
      Page Count:130
      Subjects:Reference works, Reference works, Library and information sciences / Museology, Library, archive and information management, Social welfare and social services, Social work, Politics and government, Library & information sciences, Library, archive & information management, Social welfare & social services, Social work, Politics & government
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      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.

      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.


      Imprint Name:Routledge
      Publisher Name:Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2023-01-09

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      Weight230 g
      Dimensions233 × 154 × 13 mm