Critical Digital Archives: A Review from Archival Studies. Carbajal, I. A. & Caswell, M. The American Historical Review, 126(3):1102–1120, November, 2021.
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Abstract Given the blurring of boundaries between historians and archivists in the digital realm, this article urges historians to pay more attention to discussions surrounding digital records and archival practices emerging from critical archival studies. More specifically, this article identifies and summarizes seven key themes and corresponding debates about digital records in contemporary archival studies scholarship: (1) materiality, (2) appraisal, (3) context, (4) use, (5) scale, (6) relationships, and (7) sustainability. A deeper knowledge of digital archival theory and practice—how records came to be in digital archives, the infrastructures that maintain them, and the tools necessary to provide access to and context for them—is not ancillary to historical work, but provides important context to do digital history better.
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	title = {Critical {Digital} {Archives}: {A} {Review} from {Archival} {Studies}},
	volume = {126},
	issn = {0002-8762, 1937-5239},
	shorttitle = {Critical {Digital} {Archives}},
	url = {https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article/126/3/1102/6421763},
	doi = {10.1093/ahr/rhab359},
	abstract = {Abstract
            Given the blurring of boundaries between historians and archivists in the digital realm, this article urges historians to pay more attention to discussions surrounding digital records and archival practices emerging from critical archival studies. More specifically, this article identifies and summarizes seven key themes and corresponding debates about digital records in contemporary archival studies scholarship: (1) materiality, (2) appraisal, (3) context, (4) use, (5) scale, (6) relationships, and (7) sustainability. A deeper knowledge of digital archival theory and practice—how records came to be in digital archives, the infrastructures that maintain them, and the tools necessary to provide access to and context for them—is not ancillary to historical work, but provides important context to do digital history better.},
	language = {en},
	number = {3},
	urldate = {2022-07-06},
	journal = {The American Historical Review},
	author = {Carbajal, Itza A. and Caswell, Michelle},
	month = nov,
	year = {2021},
	keywords = {Read},
	pages = {1102--1120},
}

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