Communities, Archives and New Collaborative Practices

Victoria Hoyle

ISBN 10: 1447341945 / ISBN 13: 9781447341949

Published by Bristol University Press, GB, 2020

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This innovative book examines the changing relationship between communities, citizens and the notion of the archive. Archives have traditionally been understood as repositories of knowledge and experience, remote from the ordinary people who fund and populate them, however digital resources have led to a growing plurality of archives and the practices associated with collecting and curating. This book uses a broad range of case studies which place communities at the heart of this exciting development, to illustrate how their experiences are central to our understanding of this new terrain which challenges traditional histories and the control of knowledge and power.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Communities, Archives and New Collaborative Practices
• Publisher: Bristol University Press, GB
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447341945
• ISBN 13: 9781447341949
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This innovative book examines the changing relationship between communities, citizens and the notion of the archive.

Archives have traditionally been understood as repositories of knowledge and experience, remote from the ordinary people who fund and populate them, however digital resources have led to a growing plurality of archives and the practices associated with collecting and curating. This book uses a broad range of case studies which place communities at the heart of this exciting development, to illustrate how their experiences are central to our understanding of this new terrain which challenges traditional histories and the control of knowledge and power.

About the Authors

Andrew Prescott is Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Glasgow.

Helen Graham is Associate Professor in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies, University of Leeds.

Doctoral candidate, University of Sussex

Doctoral candidate, archivist and independent practitioner

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