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Archiving Cultures - Heritage, community and the making of records and memory (Hardcover)
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Archiving Cultures - Heritage, community and the making of records and memory (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Archives
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Archiving Cultures defines and models the concept of a cultural
archives focusing on how diverse communities express and record
their heritage and collective memory and why and how these
often-intangible expressions are archival records. Analysis of oral
traditions, memory texts and performance arts demonstrate their
relevance as records of their communities. Key features of this
book include definitions of cultural heritage and archival heritage
with an emphasis on intangible cultural heritage. Aspects of
cultural heritage such as oral traditions, performance arts, memory
texts and collective memory are placed within the context of
records and archives. Presents strategies for reconciling
intangible and tangible cultural expressions with traditional
archival theory and practice. Offers both analog and digital models
for constructing a cultural archives through examples and
vignettes. Audience includes archivists and other information
workers who challenge Western archival theory and scholars
concerned with interdisciplinary perspectives on tangible and
intangible cultural heritage. Relevant to scholars involved with
non-textual materials. Will appeal to a range of academic
disciplines engaging with 'the archive'.
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