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Global context and diversity of community archiving: memory, identity, and representation in community digital archives of the South Asian Diaspora 社区档案的全球背景和多样性：南亚侨民社区数字档案中的记忆、身份和表现

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ARCHIVAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2026-03-23 DOI: 10.1007/s10502-026-09528-x

Sushanta Barua, Prof. Mainak Ghosh

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Echo after presence: performing Derrida in the archive 到场后的回声：在档案中表演德里达

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ARCHIVAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2026-03-17 DOI: 10.1007/s10502-026-09530-3

Mahsa Akbarabadi, Mohammad Ali Safoora

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Deserts as infinite dis-archives 沙漠是无限的反档案

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ARCHIVAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2026-02-05 DOI: 10.1007/s10502-026-09527-y

Brahim El Guabli, Itzea Goikolea-Amiano

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Grounding the Semantic Web: Indigenous Sovereignty, Land-based ontologies, and the politics of Linked Data 语义网的基础：本土主权、基于土地的本体和关联数据的政治

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ARCHIVAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2026-01-14 DOI: 10.1007/s10502-025-09526-5

Andrew Wiebe

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Archiving frictions: Sindhi libraries and the struggle for belonging in India 档案摩擦：信德图书馆和在印度归属的斗争

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ARCHIVAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2026-01-07 DOI: 10.1007/s10502-025-09525-6

Soni Wadhwa, Reema Chowdhary

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Photography as a tool to preserve institutional memory 摄影作为保存机构记忆的工具

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ARCHIVAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2025-12-19 DOI: 10.1007/s10502-025-09524-7

Jorge Dias da Silva Júnior

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Intentionality, capacity, and communication: ethical donor relations strategies for archivists engaging with individuals with memory loss 意向性、能力和沟通：档案工作者与失忆个体接触的道德捐赠者关系策略

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ARCHIVAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2025-12-09 DOI: 10.1007/s10502-025-09523-8

Lori Birrell, Katrina Windon

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Sinai paths and quarantine: buried paths as alternative sources of historical narrative 西奈路径和隔离：作为历史叙事替代来源的掩埋路径

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ARCHIVAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2025-12-05 DOI: 10.1007/s10502-025-09520-x

Alaa Attiah Mitwaly

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A child, a passion, and a mission to fill the gap: Affective, social, and personal impacts of a German minority community archive 一个孩子，一个激情，一个填补空白的使命：德国少数民族社区档案的情感，社会和个人影响

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ARCHIVAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2025-11-20 DOI: 10.1007/s10502-025-09522-9

Magdalena Wiśniewska-Drewniak, Adriana Kapała, Agnieszka Rosa, Kamila Siuda

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Introduction: resilience and dissidence in post-Ottoman minority sources 引言：后奥斯曼帝国少数民族的恢复力和异议

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ARCHIVAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2025-11-14 DOI: 10.1007/s10502-025-09521-w

Alexis Rappas, Angelos Dalachanis

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