00000nam a2200000 i 4500 UP-1685936960461350933 Buklod 20240319090720.0 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 240119t20212021enk o b 001 0 eng 9780367774820 (paperback) 21852151 LC DLS rda eng CD 986.5 A73 2021 Archival silences missing, lost and, uncreated archives edited by Michael Moss and David Thomas. Missing, lost and, uncreated archives London New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2021. xiv, 257 pages 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Forefront Book Co., Inc. 18 Jan 2024 LS-10778 Description based on print version record. Archives Access control. Archives Political aspects. Government information Access control. Records retention Political aspects. Records Management Moral and ethical aspects. Moss, Michael S. editor. Thomas, David 1950- editor. FO UPD DLS CD 986.5 A73 2021 Book