Asylum Courts, Transnational Petitioning, and Digital Dispersal in Africa
Asylum court records are a potentially important evidentiary basis for postcolonial African history. Asylum-seeking is a contemporary transnational iteration of a rich African petitioning tradition. In the contemporary era, the digitization of court records, and their dispersal as a function of the...
Gespeichert in:
| Veröffentlicht in: | History in Africa 2020-06, Vol.47, p.243-267 |
|---|---|
| Hauptverfasser: | , , |
| Format: | Artikel |
| Sprache: | eng |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online-Zugang: | Volltext |
| Tags: |
Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
|
| container_end_page | 267 |
|---|---|
| container_issue | |
| container_start_page | 243 |
| container_title | History in Africa |
| container_volume | 47 |
| creator | Lawrance, Benjamin N. Corcoran, Erin B. Hooper, Louise |
| description | Asylum court records are a potentially important evidentiary basis for postcolonial African history. Asylum-seeking is a contemporary transnational iteration of a rich African petitioning tradition. In the contemporary era, the digitization of court records, and their dispersal as a function of the shifting division of work between ministries, courts, and related bureaucracies, presents a challenge to researchers. Digital record keeping may improve accessibility, but only if researchers are familiar with the technology and archival methods and practices accompanying digitization. |
| doi_str_mv | 10.1017/hia.2020.7 |
| format | Article |
| fullrecord | <record><control><sourceid>proquest_cross</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2480793745</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><cupid>10_1017_hia_2020_7</cupid><sourcerecordid>2480793745</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c211t-fda4943c9b1b88389b0cdfc60f6875759bcfcd1e4edbd3216e57e6d44328b2ff3</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNptkM1KAzEYRYMoWKsbn2DAnXRqfieZZWmrFgq6qOuQ3zGlnanJdNG3N0MLblx9F77D5XIAeERwiiDiL99BTTHEcMqvwAgxJkrMKb0GI0gqVDKKyC24S2kLIa4F4iOwmqXT7rgv5t0x9mlSbKJqU6v60LVqV3y6PgwxtM2kUK0tFqEJfX4sQjq4mHIKbTHzMRh1D2682iX3cLlj8PW63Mzfy_XH22o-W5cGI9SX3ipaU2JqjbQQRNQaGutNBX0lOOOs1sYbixx1VluCUeUYd5WllGChsfdkDJ7OvYfY_Rxd6uU2b89rk8RUQF4TTlmmns-UiV1K0Xl5iGGv4kkiKAdVMquSgyrJMzy5wGqvY7CN--v8B_8Fc4hqsA</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>2480793745</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>Asylum Courts, Transnational Petitioning, and Digital Dispersal in Africa</title><source>Cambridge Journals</source><source>Jstor Complete Legacy</source><creator>Lawrance, Benjamin N. ; Corcoran, Erin B. ; Hooper, Louise</creator><creatorcontrib>Lawrance, Benjamin N. ; Corcoran, Erin B. ; Hooper, Louise</creatorcontrib><description>Asylum court records are a potentially important evidentiary basis for postcolonial African history. Asylum-seeking is a contemporary transnational iteration of a rich African petitioning tradition. In the contemporary era, the digitization of court records, and their dispersal as a function of the shifting division of work between ministries, courts, and related bureaucracies, presents a challenge to researchers. Digital record keeping may improve accessibility, but only if researchers are familiar with the technology and archival methods and practices accompanying digitization.</description><identifier>ISSN: 0361-5413</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1558-2744</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1017/hia.2020.7</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>New York, USA: Cambridge University Press</publisher><subject>Access ; African history ; Archives and the Digital Turn ; Archivists ; Bureaucracy ; Court records ; Digital archives ; Digitization ; Documentation ; Family law ; Historians ; Petitions ; Political asylum ; Postcolonialism ; Privacy ; Technology ; Transnationalism ; Writing</subject><ispartof>History in Africa, 2020-06, Vol.47, p.243-267</ispartof><rights>African Studies Association, 2020</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c211t-fda4943c9b1b88389b0cdfc60f6875759bcfcd1e4edbd3216e57e6d44328b2ff3</citedby><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-c211t-fda4943c9b1b88389b0cdfc60f6875759bcfcd1e4edbd3216e57e6d44328b2ff3</cites></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0361541320000078/type/journal_article$$EHTML$$P50$$Gcambridge$$H</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>164,314,777,781,27905,27906,55609</link.rule.ids></links><search><creatorcontrib>Lawrance, Benjamin N.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Corcoran, Erin B.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Hooper, Louise</creatorcontrib><title>Asylum Courts, Transnational Petitioning, and Digital Dispersal in Africa</title><title>History in Africa</title><addtitle>Hist. Afr</addtitle><description>Asylum court records are a potentially important evidentiary basis for postcolonial African history. Asylum-seeking is a contemporary transnational iteration of a rich African petitioning tradition. In the contemporary era, the digitization of court records, and their dispersal as a function of the shifting division of work between ministries, courts, and related bureaucracies, presents a challenge to researchers. Digital record keeping may improve accessibility, but only if researchers are familiar with the technology and archival methods and practices accompanying digitization.</description><subject>Access</subject><subject>African history</subject><subject>Archives and the Digital Turn</subject><subject>Archivists</subject><subject>Bureaucracy</subject><subject>Court records</subject><subject>Digital archives</subject><subject>Digitization</subject><subject>Documentation</subject><subject>Family law</subject><subject>Historians</subject><subject>Petitions</subject><subject>Political asylum</subject><subject>Postcolonialism</subject><subject>Privacy</subject><subject>Technology</subject><subject>Transnationalism</subject><subject>Writing</subject><issn>0361-5413</issn><issn>1558-2744</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2020</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><sourceid>8G5</sourceid><sourceid>ABUWG</sourceid><sourceid>AFKRA</sourceid><sourceid>AIMQZ</sourceid><sourceid>AZQEC</sourceid><sourceid>BENPR</sourceid><sourceid>CCPQU</sourceid><sourceid>DWQXO</sourceid><sourceid>GNUQQ</sourceid><sourceid>GUQSH</sourceid><sourceid>M2O</sourceid><sourceid>PQHSC</sourceid><recordid>eNptkM1KAzEYRYMoWKsbn2DAnXRqfieZZWmrFgq6qOuQ3zGlnanJdNG3N0MLblx9F77D5XIAeERwiiDiL99BTTHEcMqvwAgxJkrMKb0GI0gqVDKKyC24S2kLIa4F4iOwmqXT7rgv5t0x9mlSbKJqU6v60LVqV3y6PgwxtM2kUK0tFqEJfX4sQjq4mHIKbTHzMRh1D2682iX3cLlj8PW63Mzfy_XH22o-W5cGI9SX3ipaU2JqjbQQRNQaGutNBX0lOOOs1sYbixx1VluCUeUYd5WllGChsfdkDJ7OvYfY_Rxd6uU2b89rk8RUQF4TTlmmns-UiV1K0Xl5iGGv4kkiKAdVMquSgyrJMzy5wGqvY7CN--v8B_8Fc4hqsA</recordid><startdate>202006</startdate><enddate>202006</enddate><creator>Lawrance, Benjamin N.</creator><creator>Corcoran, Erin B.</creator><creator>Hooper, Louise</creator><general>Cambridge University Press</general><general>African Studies Association</general><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><scope>3V.</scope><scope>4T-</scope><scope>7XB</scope><scope>8BJ</scope><scope>8FK</scope><scope>8G5</scope><scope>ABUWG</scope><scope>AFKRA</scope><scope>AIMQZ</scope><scope>AZQEC</scope><scope>BENPR</scope><scope>BSCPQ</scope><scope>CCPQU</scope><scope>DWQXO</scope><scope>EHMNL</scope><scope>FQK</scope><scope>GNUQQ</scope><scope>GUQSH</scope><scope>JBE</scope><scope>LIQON</scope><scope>M2O</scope><scope>MBDVC</scope><scope>PQEST</scope><scope>PQHSC</scope><scope>PQQKQ</scope><scope>PQUKI</scope><scope>PRINS</scope><scope>Q9U</scope><scope>UXAQP</scope></search><sort><creationdate>202006</creationdate><title>Asylum Courts, Transnational Petitioning, and Digital Dispersal in Africa</title><author>Lawrance, Benjamin N. ; Corcoran, Erin B. ; Hooper, Louise</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c211t-fda4943c9b1b88389b0cdfc60f6875759bcfcd1e4edbd3216e57e6d44328b2ff3</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2020</creationdate><topic>Access</topic><topic>African history</topic><topic>Archives and the Digital Turn</topic><topic>Archivists</topic><topic>Bureaucracy</topic><topic>Court records</topic><topic>Digital archives</topic><topic>Digitization</topic><topic>Documentation</topic><topic>Family law</topic><topic>Historians</topic><topic>Petitions</topic><topic>Political asylum</topic><topic>Postcolonialism</topic><topic>Privacy</topic><topic>Technology</topic><topic>Transnationalism</topic><topic>Writing</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Lawrance, Benjamin N.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Corcoran, Erin B.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Hooper, Louise</creatorcontrib><collection>CrossRef</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Corporate)</collection><collection>Docstoc</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni) (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>Research Library (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central UK/Ireland</collection><collection>ProQuest One Literature</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Essentials</collection><collection>ProQuest Central</collection><collection>Black Studies Center</collection><collection>ProQuest One Community College</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Korea</collection><collection>UK & Ireland Database</collection><collection>International Bibliography of the Social Sciences</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Student</collection><collection>Research Library Prep</collection><collection>International Bibliography of the Social Sciences</collection><collection>ProQuest One Literature - U.S. Customers Only</collection><collection>Research Library</collection><collection>Research Library (Corporate)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic Eastern Edition (DO NOT USE)</collection><collection>History Study Center</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic UKI Edition</collection><collection>ProQuest Central China</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Basic</collection><collection>ProQuest Black Studies</collection><jtitle>History in Africa</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Lawrance, Benjamin N.</au><au>Corcoran, Erin B.</au><au>Hooper, Louise</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>Asylum Courts, Transnational Petitioning, and Digital Dispersal in Africa</atitle><jtitle>History in Africa</jtitle><addtitle>Hist. Afr</addtitle><date>2020-06</date><risdate>2020</risdate><volume>47</volume><spage>243</spage><epage>267</epage><pages>243-267</pages><issn>0361-5413</issn><eissn>1558-2744</eissn><abstract>Asylum court records are a potentially important evidentiary basis for postcolonial African history. Asylum-seeking is a contemporary transnational iteration of a rich African petitioning tradition. In the contemporary era, the digitization of court records, and their dispersal as a function of the shifting division of work between ministries, courts, and related bureaucracies, presents a challenge to researchers. Digital record keeping may improve accessibility, but only if researchers are familiar with the technology and archival methods and practices accompanying digitization.</abstract><cop>New York, USA</cop><pub>Cambridge University Press</pub><doi>10.1017/hia.2020.7</doi><tpages>25</tpages></addata></record> |
| fulltext | fulltext |
| identifier | ISSN: 0361-5413 |
| ispartof | History in Africa, 2020-06, Vol.47, p.243-267 |
| issn | 0361-5413 1558-2744 |
| language | eng |
| recordid | cdi_proquest_journals_2480793745 |
| source | Cambridge Journals; Jstor Complete Legacy |
| subjects | Access African history Archives and the Digital Turn Archivists Bureaucracy Court records Digital archives Digitization Documentation Family law Historians Petitions Political asylum Postcolonialism Privacy Technology Transnationalism Writing |
| title | Asylum Courts, Transnational Petitioning, and Digital Dispersal in Africa |
| url | https://sfx.bib-bvb.de/sfx_tum?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-18T07%3A40%3A38IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-proquest_cross&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Asylum%20Courts,%20Transnational%20Petitioning,%20and%20Digital%20Dispersal%20in%20Africa&rft.jtitle=History%20in%20Africa&rft.au=Lawrance,%20Benjamin%20N.&rft.date=2020-06&rft.volume=47&rft.spage=243&rft.epage=267&rft.pages=243-267&rft.issn=0361-5413&rft.eissn=1558-2744&rft_id=info:doi/10.1017/hia.2020.7&rft_dat=%3Cproquest_cross%3E2480793745%3C/proquest_cross%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&disable_directlink=true&sfx.directlink=off&sfx.report_link=0&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=2480793745&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_cupid=10_1017_hia_2020_7&rfr_iscdi=true |