Whose provenance? Plurality of provenance and the redistribution of archival authority

IF 1.4 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Jesse Boiteau
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Since the end the of Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Mandate in 2015, archives and archivists are now acknowledging both the role that archives played in the colonization of Canada and the urgent need to decolonize archival practices to accommodate the marginalized voices of those silenced by traditional archival theory and practice. In the case of the archives at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, these are the voices of the residential school Survivors, their families, and their home communities. These voices have the power to fill gaps in historical narratives and confront the millions of colonial records created by the government departments and religious entities that ran the schools for more than a century. That said, how do we transition from acknowledging our past role as protectors of colonialism’s documented “success” to successfully implementing decolonizing practices? This paper deconstructs colonial records and colonial “truth” to understand the plurality of provenance in archives. This is especially important as Indigenous communities develop their own archives in pursuit of Indigenous data sovereignty and the power associated with archival authority and whose provenance we choose to recognize and preserve.

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谁的出处?出处的多元性与档案权威的再分配
自加拿大真相与和解委员会的任务于2015年结束以来,档案馆和档案工作者现在既承认档案馆在加拿大殖民化过程中所扮演的角色,也承认迫切需要对档案馆的实践进行去殖民化,以容纳那些被传统档案理论和实践所压制的边缘化声音。就国家真相与和解中心的档案而言,这些声音来自寄宿学校幸存者、他们的家人以及他们的家乡社区。这些声音有能力填补历史叙事中的空白,并与管理学校长达一个多世纪的政府部门和宗教实体所创建的数百万份殖民记录相对抗。尽管如此,我们如何从承认过去作为殖民主义 "成功 "记录的保护者的角色过渡到成功实施非殖民化实践?本文解构了殖民记录和殖民 "真相",以理解档案中来源的多元性。在土著社区开发自己的档案以追求土著数据主权和与档案权威相关的权力以及我们选择承认和保存其出处时,这一点尤为重要。
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ARCHIVAL SCIENCE
ARCHIVAL SCIENCE INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-
CiteScore
2.70
自引率
18.20%
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26
期刊介绍: Archival Science promotes the development of archival science as an autonomous scientific discipline. The journal covers all aspects of archival science theory, methodology, and practice. Moreover, it investigates different cultural approaches to creation, management and provision of access to archives, records, and data. It also seeks to promote the exchange and comparison of concepts, views and attitudes related to recordkeeping issues around the world.Archival Science''s approach is integrated, interdisciplinary, and intercultural. Its scope encompasses the entire field of recorded process-related information, analyzed in terms of form, structure, and context. To meet its objectives, the journal draws from scientific disciplines that deal with the function of records and the way they are created, preserved, and retrieved; the context in which information is generated, managed, and used; and the social and cultural environment of records creation at different times and places.Covers all aspects of archival science theory, methodology, and practiceInvestigates different cultural approaches to creation, management and provision of access to archives, records, and dataPromotes the exchange and comparison of concepts, views, and attitudes related to recordkeeping issues around the worldAddresses the entire field of recorded process-related information, analyzed in terms of form, structure, and context
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