"A frontal attack on professionalism, standards and scholarship"?. Democratising archives and the production of knowledge

Flinn, Andrew (2009) "A frontal attack on professionalism, standards and scholarship"?. Democratising archives and the production of knowledge. In: Archives 2.0: Shifting Dialogues between Users and Archivists, 2009-03-19, Manchester.

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Abstract

Viewed by some as an 'attack on professionalism and scholarship', others see recent developments within the archive sector including wider recognition of the significance of independent community archives, and a growing awareness of the potential of incorporating the knowledge and expertise of users into archival practice as representing important opportunities for extending the democratic range of archival heritage and the histories that are written from them. My paper will first examine what lies behind demands for a democratised heritage and then briefly report on on-going research into the motivations behind radical independent community archives and the potential of collaborative technologies for enhancing archival practice and use by incorporating a much wider range of voices into the management of the archive.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords: ArcQual
Subjects: 3. Data Quality and Data Management > 3.1 Data Management
3. Data Quality and Data Management > 3.1 Data Management > 3.1.1 Data archiving
Depositing User: NCRM users
Date Deposited: 22 Nov 2022 22:11
Last Modified: 16 Jan 2023 12:30
URI: https://eprints.ncrm.ac.uk/id/eprint/4731

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