Communities, Archives and New Collaborative Practices
Simon Popple, Andrew Prescott, and Daniel Mutibwa
Abstract
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 ... More
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. Using a wide range of case studies, this edited collection shows how community engagement and co-creation is challenging and extending the notion of the archive.
Keywords:
community engagement,
co-creation,
collaborative practices,
community archives,
case studies
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2020 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781447341895 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: September 2020 |
DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781447341895.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Simon Popple, editor
University of Leeds
Andrew Prescott, editor
University of Glasgow
Daniel Mutibwa, editor
University of Nottingham
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