The program is now available for Designing the Archive in Adelaide, 21-25 October 2019. “The conference theme Designing the Archive is about putting people at the centre of what we do. It provides an opportunity to explore how data and information managers, records managers and archivists are using, or can use, human-centred design approaches to ensure we deliver […]
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The taste of the archive in the digital age: article
posted by mdever
Quite exciting to locate this article today via the Documentary Heritage News digest: Le goût de l’archive à l’ère numérique published in La vie des idées. Anyone familiar with Arlette Farge’s book will immediately recognise the reference and also the importance of seeking to extend her thinking into the digital era. By the time Farge’s wonderful […]
Just out: Encyclopedia of Archival Writers, 1515 – 2015
posted by mdever
New from Rowman & Littlefield is the Encyclopedia of Archival Writers, 1515 – 2015 edited by Luciana Duranti and Patricia C. Franks. At 596 pages it’s a hefty tome! From the publisher’s website: The Encyclopedia of Archival Writers, 1515-2015, is a reference work that includes the profiles of authors of literature about records and archives in […]
Brittle paper: what can it stand?
posted by mdever
Taking a literal turn in our thinking around materiality and the archived page, the following recent publications examine the mechanics of aged and brittle paper: “Comparing Non-destructive Mechanical Testing Methods for the Assessment of Brittle Papers – The Cantilever, Hanging Pear Loop, and Clamped Fold Tests” by Andrea K. I. Hall, Raymond H. Plaut and Patricia M. McGuiggan, […]
CFP: Stardom and the archive
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CALL FOR PAPERS: Stardom and the Archive — an International Symposium Saturday 8th February 2020 Followed by a public exhibition event on Sunday 9th February 2020 University of Exeter, Devon, UK Confirmed Keynotes Professor Maryanne Dever (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney) Dr Lucy Bolton (School of Languages, Linguistics and Film, Queen Mary […]
Mess and miscellany: new book
posted by mdever
Just released by OUP Canada is Angus Vine‘s new book, Miscellaneous Order: Manuscript Culture and the Early Modern Organization of Knowledge. This book will be of interest to scholars working on questions of materiality in particular. Vine examines the early modern manuscript miscellany, an object often dismissed in its disorder and mess. “Drawing on original literary and historical […]
Must-read essay: Archive and Library
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Just recently posted on Humanities Commons is this wonderful essay, “Archive and Library” by Marlene Manoff. It is a pre-publication posting of an invited essay for the Oxford Encyclopedia of Literary Theory – part of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature. Abstract: Archives and libraries operate within a complex web of social, political and economic […]
ARCHIVE/COUNTER-ARCHIVES
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Just published! The latest issue of the journal Public #57 From the journal’s website: “ARCHIVE/COUNTER-ARCHIVES advances conversations regarding the changing nature and political realities of audio and visual heritage in the twenty-first century. Bringing together artists, archivists, and researchers, this issue of PUBLIC argues that the re-thinking of audio-visual heritage preservation is ultimately strategic and political, especially […]
New book series: Routledge Studies in Archives
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Routledge has announced a new book series: Routledge Studies in Archives. According to their website the series “publishes cutting-edge research in records and archives studies. Recognising the imperative for record-keeping work in support of memory, social justice, technical systems, legal rights and historical understanding, this series extends the disciplinary boundaries of archival studies. It sees the […]
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