‘Living by Fluidity’: Oral Histories, Material Custodies and the Politics of Archiving

Hamilton, Carolyn

doi:10.1007/978-94-010-0570-8_13

Cited by 24 publications

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“…This is comparable to oral histories, where it could be argued that the original record is the oral 'telling' of the story, rather than any transcription of it. Hamilton (2002), in her discussion of oral histories and archives, argues that the 'fluidity' of oral history is part of its form. Likewise, with a tattoo, part of what makes it a 'tattoo' is its particular form.…”

Section: Tattoo Records As Evidencementioning

confidence: 98%

Recording ‘a very particular Custom’: tattoos and the archive

Wright¹

2009

Arch Sci

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This paper investigates the describing, dissemination and archiving of records, which have previously not been well described by archives. It asks if new methods of accessing the archive may be used to improve understandings of such records. Specifically, this paper will investigate the records created about tattoos in the nineteenth century following the European exploration of Polynesia, and the transmission of tattoos to the West. The ways in which this indigenous cultural practice was interpreted and recorded are discussed with reference to the records created. Tattoos are inherently physical records, which do not survive beyond the lifespan of their owner. The archiving process for tattoos has thus relied on preserving representations of the tattoo. This paper will ask what these representations of tattoos actually provide evidence of and will use two case studies to examine how records about tattoos have been archived. Finally, it is suggested that a more holistic understanding of tattooing records may be achieved through new ways of describing and classifying records, such as folksonomy.

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Section: Tattoo Records As Evidencementioning

confidence: 98%

Recording ‘a very particular Custom’: tattoos and the archive

Wright¹

2009

Arch Sci

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“…They are equally relational and fragmented, bound by assumptions, embedded with intent, in need of interpretation and revealing of the limitations in representations of historical reality (De Hart, 1993;Hamilton, 2002;White, 2000). Rather than framing their thoughts around notions of truth as in "the most accurate kind of information", when people speak they construct stories "that carry the values and meanings that most forcibly get their points across" (White, 2000, p. 30).…”

Section: Memorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Remnants of the past, history and the present

Booth

2016

Waikato Journal of Education

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“…The memories of the past are fluid. 13 We remember the same events differently at different moments of our lives. In each new situation we change the manner in which we recall memories and structure them in our minds.…”

Section: Memory and Commemorationmentioning

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Memory and commemoration as a subject of enquiry for African Christianity scholars

Denis

2015

Studia Hist. Ecc..

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Little attention has been paid to the Christian churches in memory studies in southern Africa. Using new and existing research, the paper proposes a first approach to this new field of enquiry, with special reference to southern African Christianity. The churches embody their memories in liturgies, canonisations, monuments, commemorative events and name-giving practices. They utilise what French historian Pierre Nora calls lieux de mémoire (sites of memory). Commemorations reinforce identity, especially when identities are threatened by external forces, and they create social cohesion. By pointing at the past, they create meaning for the present. Churches, ecumenical bodies, religious movements and theological institutions articulate their memories in various ways. Memories can be lost and retrieved, contested or marginalised. When the context changes, in church as in society, memories which were oppositional at one point can become dominant or vice versa.

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‘Living by Fluidity’: Oral Histories, Material Custodies and the Politics of Archiving

Cited by 24 publications

References 8 publications

Recording ‘a very particular Custom’: tattoos and the archive

Recording ‘a very particular Custom’: tattoos and the archive

Remnants of the past, history and the present

Memory and commemoration as a subject of enquiry for African Christianity scholars

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