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New book on archival theory from Litwin Books
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Rory Litwin
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Feb 07, 2009 12:23 PST
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From Polders to Postmodernism: A Concise History of Archival Theory
Author: John Ridener
Price: $22.00
Published: February 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9802004-5-4
Printed on acid-free paper
http://litwinbooks.com/archivaltheory.php
From Polders to Postmodernism is a broad ranging history of the
conception and development of the theories that have guided archivists
in their work from the late 19th through the early 21st centuries.
Narrated through the controversial thread of archival appraisal
theory, the book examines how archivists have engaged with theory
through the tension between keeping records that reflect objective
history “as it happened” and subjective decision making in the
archive. Through an interpretive reading of archival theory, distinct
periods emerge, with each paradigm contributing unique responses to
difficult archival, historical, and theoretical contexts.
The book is written within the framework of paradigm change and
discusses archival theory in terms of geographical, historical,
historiographical, and technological contexts. Through these contexts
and discussion of luminary archival theories, the development of
distinct periods within archival theory is illustrated. The periods
and associated archivists include: Consolidation (Muller, Feith, and
Fruin’s Manual for the Arrangement and Description of Archives),
Reinforcement (Jenkinson’s A Manual of Archive Administration), Modern
(Schellenberg’s Modern Archives), and Questioning (the work of five
archivists: Brothman, Cook, Heald, Ketelaar, and MacNeil from 1991 to
2004).
Rory Litwin
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