Unsettling Archival Research
Title
Unsettling Archival Research
Subject
Curation
Description
Unsettling Archival Research is a collection of articles examining the way archives are currently created, curated, and maintained and how these methods might be improved. Unsettling Archival Research highlights how current archival methods overlook or outright ignore multiple individual and community accounts of history, due to either the creators or the means of record creation.
This collection details different ways of looking at archives, new methods of creation and curation of archives in order to preserve the memories of underrepresented communities, and alternative methods of teaching which allow for open and critical thought on the methods of archival creation and curation. The articles highlight the tendency for archives to follow history in being selective in the truths the curators choose to share and reasons why this should stop. The contributors look at the historical treatment of the archive towards black communities, queer communities, women, incarcerated individuals, and more in this engaging and enlightening new take on the archive.
This collection details different ways of looking at archives, new methods of creation and curation of archives in order to preserve the memories of underrepresented communities, and alternative methods of teaching which allow for open and critical thought on the methods of archival creation and curation. The articles highlight the tendency for archives to follow history in being selective in the truths the curators choose to share and reasons why this should stop. The contributors look at the historical treatment of the archive towards black communities, queer communities, women, incarcerated individuals, and more in this engaging and enlightening new take on the archive.
Creator
Kirsch, Gesa E.; García, Romeo; Allen, Caitlin Burns; Smith, Walker P.
Source
https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.9669312
https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.9669312
https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.9669312
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Date
2023
Contributor
Bianca Dagostino
Type
Book
Identifier
EISBN: 978-0-8093-3896-2
Bibliographic Citation
Kirsch, Gesa E., Romeo García, Caitlin Burns Allen, and Walker P. Smith, eds. Unsettling Archival Research. Southern Illinois University Press, 2023. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.9669312.
Files
Collection
Citation
Kirsch, Gesa E.; García, Romeo; Allen, Caitlin Burns; Smith, Walker P., “Unsettling Archival Research,” Digital Archiving Resources, accessed May 2, 2024, https://dar.cah.ucf.edu/items/show/493.