Community Archives, Community Spaces :
Community Archives, Community Spaces : Heritage, Memory and Identity /
Edited by Jeannette A. Bastian, Edited by Andrew Flinn
- 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography : pages
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 centers.
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.
9781783303519 RM818.71
Archives --Social aspects
Cultural property--Protection
Memory --Social aspects
341.76
Includes index.
Bibliography : pages
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 centers.
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.
9781783303519 RM818.71
Archives --Social aspects
Cultural property--Protection
Memory --Social aspects
341.76