Communities, archives and new collaborative practices
Community archives are often viewed as repositories of knowledge and experience that are nevertheless somehow remote from the taxpayers who often fund them. However, the idea of an archive has more recently been popularized by digital resources that allow access to established archives and also perm...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Bristol
Policy Press
2020
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| Schriftenreihe: | Connected communities
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| Zusammenfassung: | Community archives are often viewed as repositories of knowledge and experience that are nevertheless somehow remote from the taxpayers who often fund them. However, the idea of an archive has more recently been popularized by digital resources that allow access to established archives and also permit users to create archives of their own. This book examines the changing relationship between citizens and their notions of archives. The growing number of archives, and the evolving practices associated with collecting and curating, mean that we are now in the process of remaking the very idea of the archive. Communities have been at the heart of this exciting work and their experiences are both central to our understanding of this new terrain and in challenging the traditional histories behind the control of knowledge and power |
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| Beschreibung: | xix, 276 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781447341949 9781447341895 |