Confederacy, colonialism, controversy: How history serves the present in the Alabama Department of Archives and History

IF 1.1 2区 历史学 Q2 GEOGRAPHY
Sarah Chant
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This article traces the history of the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH), the first government-sponsored archival institution in the United States, as a historically situated project to rebuild a particular white vision of the South in the aftermath of the Civil War. I examine how the archives offered, in tandem with the development of a racist state constitution, a way of reclaiming white Alabama as a powerful player following the liberatory potential and resultant discombobulation of Reconstruction. Secondly, I look at how recent changes to the ADAH's collections, programming, and values relating to diversifying collections rub up against the long durée of white heteronormative memory-work in the American South, putting archivists and historical accumulation at the frontline of contemporary culture wars in the U.S.
邦联,殖民主义,争议:历史如何服务于阿拉巴马州档案和历史部门
这篇文章追溯了阿拉巴马州档案和历史部门(ADAH)的历史,这是美国第一个政府资助的档案机构,作为一个具有历史意义的项目,在内战结束后重建南方的特定白人视野。我研究了这些档案是如何与种族主义州宪法的发展相结合,在重建时期的解放潜力和由此产生的混乱之后,让白人阿拉巴马州重新成为一个强大的参与者。其次,我研究了最近ADAH的收藏、项目和与收藏多样化有关的价值观的变化是如何与美国南方长期以来的白人异性恋记忆工作相冲突的,将档案工作者和历史积累置于美国当代文化战争的前线
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期刊介绍: A well-established international quarterly, the Journal of Historical Geography publishes articles on all aspects of historical geography and cognate fields, including environmental history. As well as publishing original research papers of interest to a wide international and interdisciplinary readership, the journal encourages lively discussion of methodological and conceptual issues and debates over new challenges facing researchers in the field. Each issue includes a substantial book review section.
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