Archives, Memory, and Interfaces with the Past
dc.contributor.author | Hedstrom, Margaret | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-08T19:40:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-08T19:40:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2002-03 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Hedstrom, Margaret; (2002). "Archives, Memory, and Interfaces with the Past." Archival Science 2 (1-2): 21-43. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/41817> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1389-0166 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1573-7519 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/41817 | |
dc.description.abstract | Archival interfaces are criticalnodes in archival systems where archivistsnegotiate and exercise power over theconstitution and representation of archives. Drawing on notions of interfaces from physical,technological, and computer systems, archivalinterfaces are both a metaphor for archivists'roles as intermediaries between documentaryevidence and its readers and a tangible set ofstructures and tools that place archivaldocuments in a context and provide aninterpretative framework. Interfaces in moderninstitutions and technological systems areneither natural nor neutral. In probingarchival interfaces, what may appear as neutraland objective processes are revealed as placeswhere archivists determine what constituteslegitimate evidence of the past and shapesocial memories. The emergence of computerinterfaces as an increasingly common mode ofuser interaction with archives demands thatarchivists confront the interpretative natureof their work and exploit opportunities toplace themselves visibly in the interfaces theyconstruct. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Humanities / Arts / Design | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Information Storage and Retrieval | en_US |
dc.subject.other | History | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Library Science | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Cultural Heritage | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Organization/Planning | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Archival Description | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Archival Systems | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Digital Documents (Electronic Records) | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Interfaces | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Representation | en_US |
dc.title | Archives, Memory, and Interfaces with the Past | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Information and Library Science | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1092, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/41817/1/10502_2004_Article_5096450.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1020800828257 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Archival Science | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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