A recontextualization of provenance: Records in Contexts and the principle of provenance

IF 1.4 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

ARCHIVAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2024-09-02 DOI:10.1007/s10502-024-09460-y

Anouk Stephano

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Abstract

As the first conceptual framework for archival description on an international level, the conceptual model Records in Contexts has the potential to revolutionize the archival field. The responses from the archival community strongly suggest that Records in Contexts represents a paradigm shift. Since it has initiated discussions about the fundamentals of archival science, questions arise on how this new method harmonizes with the principle of provenance, which has long been a cornerstone of archival practice. The documentation and literature on Records in Contexts consist of contradictory statements regarding the principle of provenance. While it deliberately avoids redefining old concepts and principles, it also alludes to an enhanced and dynamic interpretation of provenance, closely aligned with the notion of context and characterized as an expansion of the principle of provenance. This article addresses this issue and analyzes how Records in Contexts addresses previous criticisms regarding the principle of provenance. It will be shown that new notions are not explicitly linked to the concepts of fonds, provenance, and original order. The paper examines the role of the principle of provenance within the conceptual model, demonstrating that the idea of expansion is a misleading characterization. It concludes by advocating for the adoption of a new perspective.

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出处的重新语境化：语境中的记录与出处原则

作为国际上第一个档案描述概念框架，"情境中的记录 "概念模型有可能给档案领域带来一场革命。档案界的反应强烈表明，"内涵中的记录 "代表了一种范式的转变。由于它引发了对档案科学基本原理的讨论，因此出现了这一新方法如何与长期以来作为档案实践基石的来源原则相协调的问题。关于 "背景中的记录 "的文件和文献对出处原则的表述自相矛盾。虽然它有意避免重新定义旧的概念和原则，但它也暗示了对来源的强化和动态解释，与上下文的概念密切相关，并被描述为来源原则的扩展。本文探讨了这一问题，并分析了 "语境中的记录 "如何解决以往对出处原则的批评。文章将指出，新的概念与文献、出处和原始秩序的概念没有明确的联系。本文探讨了出处原则在概念模型中的作用，表明扩展概念是一种误导性描述。最后，论文主张采用一种新的视角。

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ARCHIVAL SCIENCE INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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2.70

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18.20%

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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