Community archives, community spaces : heritage, memory and identity / Jeannette A. Bastian and Andrew Flinn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bastian, Jeannette A., author.

Flinn, Andrew, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archives--Social aspects.

Archives.

Archives--Collection management.

Municipal archives.

Collective memory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 190 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Facet, 2020.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This book traces the trajectory of the community archives movement, expanding the definition of community archives to include sites such as historical societies, social movement organisations and community centres. It also explores new definitions of what community archives might encompass, particularly in relation to disciplines outside the archives. Over ten years have passed since the first volume of Community Archives, and inspired by continued research as well as by the formal recognition of community archives in the UK, the community archives movement has become an important area of research, recognition and appreciation by archivists, archival scholars and others worldwide. Increasingly the subject of papers and conferences, community archives are now seen as being in the vanguard of social concerns, markers of community-based activism, a participatory approach exemplifying the on-going evolution of 'professional' archival (and heritage) practice and integral to the ability of people to articulate and assert their identity. Community Archives, Community Spaces reflects the latest research and includes practical case studies on the challenges of building and sustaining community archives. This new book will appeal to practitioners, researchers, and academics in the archives and records community as well as to historians and other scholars concerned with community building and social issues.

Contents:

Intro

Title page

Contents

List of figures

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART 1 Analytical Essays

CHAPTER 1 Archival optimism, or, how to sustain a community archives

Archival optimism

Space, money and expertise

Sustaining momentum through challenging times

Conclusion: archival optimism beyond community

References

CHAPTER 2 Affective bonds: what community archives can teach mainstream institutions

Community archives and affect: definitions and literature review

SAADA and the 'Where We Belong: Artists in the Archive' Project

Valuing affect in appraisal: the story of the Sharanjit Sing Dhillonn Collection

Valuing affect in outreach

Lessons for mainstream archives: valuing affect in archival practice

Conclusion: learning from community archives

CHAPTER 3 Community archives and the records continuum

The records continuum

Mutual indifference

The experiment begins

How might the model have been deployed?

Common themes - stuff, time and society

Conclusion

PART 2 Case Studies

CHAPTER 4 Tuku mana taonga, tuku mana tāngata Archiving for indigenous language and cultural revitalisation: cross sectoral case studies from Aotearoa, New Zealand

Case one: repatriating the Taranaki letters

Case two: researching Taranaki's seaweed piupiu

Case three: Working with kaitiaki at Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision

Kapohia ngā taonga - connecting past and present

Interviews

Presentations and conference papers

Websites

CHAPTER 5 Self-documentation of Thai communities: reflective thoughts on the Western concept of community archives

Community archives in Thailand

Western provenance and the Thai community archives.

Sustainability of the Thai community archives

Learning from both: Western concepts and Thai practices

Note

CHAPTER 6 Popular music, community archives and public history online: cultural justice and the DIY approach to heritage

Community archives of popular music and the quest for cultural justice

Framing popular music heritage practice

DIY popular music archives online

Archiving the music heritage of Manchester, UK

CHAPTER 7 Maison d'Haïti's collaborative archives project: archiving a community of records

From student project to community home: Maison d'Haïti

A collaborative archiving process

Archiving a community of records: oral histories as description and memory frame

Community education and learning from the archives

Constellations, connections and collaborations: when community archives meet

Conclusion: seeing past and future

CHAPTER 8 Indigenous archiving and wellbeing: surviving, thriving, reconciling

Background

Trauma, healing and archives

Ensuring the future for Indigenous archiving

CHAPTER 9 Community engaged scholarship in archival studies: documenting housing displacement and gentrification in a Latino community

Background to the project

Community engaged scholarship

Geographical history of East Boston

Stand for Democracy

Eastorias: documenting displacement with oral history

Community engaged scholarship in archival studies

CHAPTER 10 Post-x: community-based archiving in Croatia

Definitional, legal and regulatory considerations

Different forms of community-based archiving in Croatia

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Feb 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9781783303526

1783303522