Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #archivalsilences
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During 2021, lots of important work on #ArchivalSilences came out. Scholars from various disciplines using different methods explored what, how, and why it is missing from the historical record--and its implications.
In this thread, I would like to highlight some. 1/
In this thread, I would like to highlight some. 1/
Celeste Henery wrote about Rosa who left a "rebellious archival footprint" by risking free speech and eventual death to tell her truth. 2/
aaihs.org/excavating-the…
aaihs.org/excavating-the…
.@janasinakeck assessed data ethics & power balances when using digitized material, and asked:
"Who gets to be remembered and historicized by ways of (digital) record creation and analysis? Who is forgotten or silenced...?" 3/
ghi-dc.org/fileadmin/publ…
"Who gets to be remembered and historicized by ways of (digital) record creation and analysis? Who is forgotten or silenced...?" 3/
ghi-dc.org/fileadmin/publ…
A thread on erasures and #archivalsilences.
How can we 'see' people whose culture was meant to be suppressed in the historical record?
How can we 'see' people whose culture was meant to be suppressed in the historical record?
Wet plate photography in the 1800s made tattoos disappear. This photographic method "used by European settlers served to erase this cultural marker" and Māori intangible heritage. 1/
petapixel.com/2018/07/09/wet…
petapixel.com/2018/07/09/wet…
When women are erased from the historical record because "historically it has been assumed that uncredited [books] were made by men," their bodies tell a different story. #gender #archivalsilences 2/
atlasobscura.com/articles/medie…
atlasobscura.com/articles/medie…
Since pretty much everyone under quarantine has to use digitized primary sources, I thought it might be useful to point to #digitalarchives that *explicitly* acknowledge & caution users abt #archivalsilences in their contents, and describe their work to rectify them.
A thread.
A thread.
1/ A note: Most people appreciate the easiness of online access to archival material, but tend to forget that all #digitization is selective.
2/ This means that what you see online is usually not “everything” that an institution holds abt a topic. It's important to understand the digitized together w the physical. Even if you can't access physical records now, you'll be able to better contextualize what you see online.
A thread of some favorite tweets from 2019 that challenge us to ‘un-see’ in order to ‘see’.
How do we find information about people whom the archival record purposefully excludes or forgets? #archivalsilences
How do we find information about people whom the archival record purposefully excludes or forgets? #archivalsilences
