Participatory Archives: Theory and Practice

Edward Benoit, III; Alexandra Eveleigh

doi:10.29085/9781783303588

The rise of digitisation and social media over the past decade has fostered the rise of participatory and DIY digital culture. Likewise, the archival community leveraged these new technologies, aiming to engage users and expand access to collections. This book examines the creation and development of participatory archives, its impact on archival theory, and present case studies of its real world application. Participatory Archives: Theory and practice is divided into four sections with each focused on a particular aspect of participatory archives: social tagging and commenting; transcription; crowdfunding; and outreach & activist communities. Each section includes chapters summarizing the existing literature, a discussion of theoretical challenges and benefits, and a series of case studies. The case studies are written by a range of international practitioners and provide a wide range of examples in practice, whilst the remaining chapters are supplied by leading scholars from Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States. This book will be useful for students on archival studies programs, scholarly researchers in archival studies who could use the book to frame their own research projects, and practitioners who might be most interested in the case studies to see how participatory archives function in practice. The book may also be of interest to other library and information science students, and similar audiences within the broader cultural heritage institution fields of museums, libraries, and galleries.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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Figures and table
pp vii-viii
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Notes on contributors
pp ix-xiv
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1 - Defining and framing participatory archives in archival science
pp 1-12
- By Edward Benoit III, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee., Alexandra Eveleigh, University College London
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SECTION 1 - SOCIAL TAGGING AND COMMENTING
pp 13-14
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2 - Social tagging and commenting in participatory archives: a critical literature review
pp 15-32
- By Alex H. Poole, Drexel University's College of Computing and Informatics.
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3 - Social tagging and commenting: theoretical perspectives
pp 33-44
- By Ina-Maria Jansson, Uppsala University, Sweden., Isto Huvila, Uppsala University
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4 - Project Naming: reconnecting indigenous communities with their histories through archival photographs
pp 45-58
- By Beth Greenhorn, Archives Canada in Ottawa.
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5 - (Hash)tagging with the users: participatory collection of digital social photography in museums and archives
pp 59-70
- By Bente Jensen, Aalborg University in Denmark., Elisabeth Boogh, Stockholm County Museum, in Sweden., Kajsa Hartig, Västernorrland County Museum in Sweden., Anni Wallenius, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland.
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SECTION 2 - TRANSCRIPTION
pp 71-72
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6 - Engaging curation: a look at the literature on participatory archival transcription
pp 73-84
- By Sumayya Ahmed, library and information studies at UCL – Qatar.
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7 - Subtle transformations: increasing participation and access through transcription
pp 85-94
- By Lorraine A. Dong, Austin School of Information.
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8 - Crowdsourcing metadata for time-based media in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting
pp 95-102
- By Casey Davis Kaufman, American Archive of Public Broadcasting., Karen Cariani, American Archive of Public Broadcasting, a collaboration with the Library of Congress.
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9 - Participatory transcription in Amsterdam and Copenhagen
pp 103-114
- By Nelleke van Zeeland, Amsterdam City Archives (Stadsarchief Amsterdam)., Signe Trolle Gronemann, Copenhagen City Archives (Københavns Stadsarkiv), Denmark.
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SECTION 3 - CROWDFUNDING AND OUTREACH
pp 115-116
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10 - Kickstarting archives: crowdfunding and outreach in the digital age
pp 117-130
- By Heather L. Barnes, Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science.
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11 - Crowdfunding and the moral economies of community archival work
pp 131-142
- By Stacy Wood, University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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12 - Acquiring equipment for obsolete media through crowdsourcing
pp 143-148
- By Laura Alagna, University of Chicago.
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13 - Thinking outside the box: crowdfunding the Peter Mackay Archive
pp 149-156
- By Karl Magee, University of Stirling, Scotland.
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SECTION 4 - ALTERNATIVE AND ACTIVIST COMMUNITIES
pp 157-158
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14 - Degrees of mediation: a review of the intersectionality between community and participatory archives
pp 159-172
- By Edward Benoit III, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee., Ana Roeschley, University of North Texas.
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15 - Activist participatory communities in archival contexts: theoretical perspectives
pp 173-190
- By Andrew Flinn, Department of Information Studies at UCL., Anna Sexton, Department of Information Studies at UCL.
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16 - Documenting a social movement in real time: the Preserve the Baltimore Uprising 2015 archive project
pp 191-202
- By Jessica Douglas, Maryland State Archives. She serves on the advisory board for the Baltimore Uprising Project.
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17 - Community partnerships and collection development in the Legacy of Ahmed Project
pp 203-210
- By Hannah Niblett, University of Manchester, Jennifer Vickers, artist with a particular interest in oral history.
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18 - Challenges, opportunities and future directions of participatory archives
pp 211-218
- By Edward Benoit III, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee., Alexandra Eveleigh, Wellcome Collection in London
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Notes
pp 219-256
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Index
pp 257-263
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