TY - JOUR
TI - Towards a new archival science. Anthropologising the archive and the archival materials
AU - Piasek, Wojciech
TI - Towards a new archival science. Anthropologising the archive and the archival materials
AB - The article puts forward a proposal of new archival science – anthropologised archival science. The new archival science is discussed in the context of changes in the understanding of archives as the practice of collecting, storing and providing access to archival collections. The modern understanding of the archives has been grounded in the naturalistic approach to thinking about the world and people. The key factor shaping the naturalistic understanding of archives was the socio-cultural context, specifically the emergence of nation states and bureaucracy. In the 19th century, the archive, just like other elements of bureaucracy, came to be understood as free from context, discussion, ideology, or in a broader sense, culture. The 20th century has changed but little in such an approach to archival science. Only slight adjustments were made. The proposal for a new archival science goes beyond these adjustments. It is a shift towards its cultural understanding, on the grounds of anthropological understanding of culture.
VL - 2023
IS - 124
PY - 2023
SN - 0066-6041
C1 - 2658-1264
SP - 255
EP - 270
DO - 10.4467/26581264ARC.23.008.17868
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/archeion/article/towards-a-new-archival-science-anthropologising-the-archive-and-the-archival-materials
KW - new archival science
KW - anthropologised archival science
KW - cultural anthropology
KW - archive and archival materials
KW - 19th and 20th centuries