We are our memories: community and records in Fiji

Tale, S. G.; Alefaio, Opeta

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“…Shilton and Srinivasan (2007) underline, “The longstanding archival undervaluing of multicultural narratives, and even more complex problem of a lack of recognition of what constitutes a localized record, has created a persistent gap in documentation of the meaningful narratives of a host of peoples” (p. 92). Scholars note the filling of documentary gaps concerning colonialism in the Caribbean (Bastian, 2013a; O'Flaherty, 2009) and the Pacific (Tale and Alefaio, 2009); postgenocide in Africa (Wallace et al , 2014); local or popular music in the United States (Baker, 2016; Baker and Collins, 2015, 2017; Daniels et al , 2015; Wallace, 2009); race, ethnicity, or nationality such as African American (Fullwood, 2009), Filipino American (Schreiner and de los Reyes, 2016), Southeast Asian American (Caswell and Mallick, 2014), and Portuguese South African (Rodrigues, 2016, 2015; Rodrigues et al , 2014); indigenous, aboriginal, or formerly enslaved peoples in Canada (Allard and Ferris, 2015; McCracken, 2015), South Africa (Garaba, 2016), and Mexico (White, 2009); and feminists (Corvid, 2014; Henningham et al , 2017; Moore, 2016; Sadler and Cox, 2017) and queer people (Baucom, 2018; Burford, 2018; Cifor, 2016; Fullwood, 2009; Wakimoto et al , 2013a, b) in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States.…”

Section: The Political Terrain Of Community Archives' Information Workmentioning

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The information work of community archives: a systematic literature review

Poole

2020

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PurposeThis paper scrutinizes the scholarship on community archives' information work. Community archives and archiving projects represent unprecedentedly democratic venues for information work centering on essential documentary concepts such as custody, collection development and appraisal, processing, arrangement and description, organization, representation and naming, collaboration, resource generation and allocation, activism and social justice, preservation, reuse, and sustainability.Design/methodology/approachUnearthed through databases searches, citation chaining, and browsing, sources examined include peer-reviewed journal articles, books, and book chapters published in the English language between 1985 and 2018.FindingsThe literature on community archives’ information work shows considerable geographical (six continents), topical, and (inter)disciplinary variety. This paper first explores scholars' efforts to define both community and community archives. Second, it unpacks the ways in which community archives include new stakeholders and new record types and formats even as they leverage alternative archival principles and practices. Third, it discusses community archives as political venues for empowerment, activism, and social justice work. Fourth, this paper delves into the benefits and challenges of partnerships and collaborations with mainstream institutions. Fifth, it documents the obstacles community archives face: not only tensions within and among communities, but also sustainability concerns. Finally, it sets forth six directions for future research.Originality/valueThis paper is the first systematic review of the community archives literature.

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Section: The Political Terrain Of Community Archives' Information Workmentioning

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The information work of community archives: a systematic literature review

Poole

2020

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“…They agree that changing the inequalities black women suffer will require not only political representation, but also the redistribution of economic power (McEwan 2003, 507 & 753). A number of articles that focus on the development of community projects in third world countries highlight the fact that these initiatives can indeed empower those on the margins of society (Kelly 2009;Galloway 2009;Tale and Alefaio 2009). …”

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Collections create connections: stitching the lives of marginalised women on the national memory canvas

Merwe

2015

Museum Management and Curatorship

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In his work Past beyond memory: Evolution, museums, colonialism, Tony Bennett asks how museums can "shed the legacy of evolutionary conceptions and colonial science, so that they can contribute to the development and management of cultural diversity more effectively". This question is of particular pertinence in the South African context where for a long time the material found in public or government-funded museums on those not from the dominant sectors of society presented these marginalised people as "objects rather than citizens and individual actors in their own right". Issues of inclusion or connection and exclusion are central to democracy -who feels connected to civil society, who does not, and why? Who feels their voice is heard and who does not?"Over the past few decades a number of community embroidery projects have been initiated in formerly marginalised areas. These projects have made a name for themselves in terms of their artistic merit and have participated in exhibitions both nationally and internationally.Proponents of these initiatives claim that they go beyond connecting these craft artists with a wider audience. This paper will discuss how these collections of embroidered story cloths can contribute to a more inclusive society by combatting disadvantage, empowering communities and developing social capital so that people can have an informed involvement in the creation of an inclusive South African national memory.

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Co-producing archival research with communication, reflexivity and friendship: crossing the three-wire bridge

Battley

2017

Arch Sci

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We are our memories: community and records in Fiji

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The information work of community archives: a systematic literature review

The information work of community archives: a systematic literature review

Collections create connections: stitching the lives of marginalised women on the national memory canvas

Co-producing archival research with communication, reflexivity and friendship: crossing the three-wire bridge

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