Imagining permanence on the web: Tracing the meanings of long-term preservation among the subjects of web archives

Kieran Hegarty
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This article explores how web archiving impacts the online communication practices of individuals whose personal websites have been archived by major public libraries. Drawing on interviews with website creators and analysis of their written reflections on the archiving process, it demonstrates how web archiving alters the meanings people attach to their online activity. In most cases, the preservation of their website in a national web archive sees individuals perceive their communication practices as having wider cultural and historical significance. These meanings are shaped by the distinctive interaction between archiving and archived actors and propelled by imaginaries surrounding the culture and history of the collecting institution. Based on these findings, this article argues that web archiving can be productively understood as an intervention in the dynamics of online sociality and calls for reflexive archival and research practices that attend to the short- and long-term impacts of altering the visibility of online material.
想象网络上的永久:追踪网络档案主题中长期保存的意义
这篇文章探讨了网络存档如何影响那些个人网站被主要公共图书馆存档的个人的在线交流实践。通过对网站创建者的采访和对他们对存档过程的书面反思的分析,本书展示了网络存档如何改变了人们对其在线活动的理解。在大多数情况下,将他们的网站保存在国家网络档案中,可以看到个人认为他们的交流实践具有更广泛的文化和历史意义。这些意义是由档案和被存档者之间独特的互动所塑造的,并由围绕着收藏机构的文化和历史的想象所推动。基于这些发现,本文认为网络存档可以有效地理解为对在线社交动态的干预,并呼吁对改变在线材料可见性的短期和长期影响进行反思性存档和研究实践。
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