| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 257 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Archival Silences demonstrates emphatically that archival absences exist all over the globe. The book questions whether benign 'silence' is an appropriate label for the variety of destructions, concealment and absences that can be identified within archival collections. Including contributions from archivists and scholars working around the world, this truly international collection examines archives in Australia, Brazil, Denmark, England, India, Iceland, Jamaica, Malawi, The Philippines, Scotland, Turkey, and the United States. Making a clear link between autocratic regimes and the failure to record often horrendous crimes against humanity, the volume demonstrates that the failure of governments to create records, or to allow access to records, appears to be universal. Arguing that this helps to establish a hegemonic narrative that excludes the 'other', this book showcases the actions historians and archivists have taken to ensure that gaps in archives are filled. Yet the book also claims that silences in archives are inevitable and argues not only that recordkeeping should be mandated by international courts and bodies, but that we need to develop other ways of reading archives broadly conceived to compensate for absences. Archival Silences addresses fundamental issues of access to the written record around the world. It is directed at those with a concern for social justice, particularly scholars and students of archival studies, history, sociology, international relations, international law, business administration and information science"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 13, 2021). |
| Biography |
Michael Mosswas professor emeritus of archival science at the University of Northumbria, he was previously research professor in archival studies in the Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute at the University of Glasgow, where he directed the Information Management and Preservation MSc programme. David Thomas was employed at the UK National Archives for most of his career, acting as Director of Technology from 2005 until his retirement in 2013. Subsequently he was a visiting professor at Northumbria University. |
| Local Note |
Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis eBooks: Open Access |
| Subject |
Archives -- Access control.
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Archives -- Political aspects.
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Government information -- Access control.
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Records retention -- Political aspects.
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Records -- Management -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Records -- Access control.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Censorship.
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HISTORY / General.
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Records -- Access control.
(OCoLC)fst01091660
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Archives -- Access control.
(OCoLC)fst00814032
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Archives -- Political aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00814073
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Government information -- Access control.
(OCoLC)fst00945365
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| Added Author |
Moss, Michael S., editor.
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Thomas, David, 1950- editor.
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| Added Title |
Missing, lost and, uncreated archives |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Archival silences Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. 9780367431891 (DLC) 2020053415 |
| ISBN |
9781003003618 electronic book |
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1003003613 electronic book |
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9781000385199 electronic book |
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1000385191 electronic book |
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100038523X (electronic book : EPUB) |
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9781000385236 (electronic book) |
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9780367431891 hardcover |
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9780367774820 paperback |
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0367774828 |
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0367431890 |
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