%0 Journal Article
%T Polish archival science versus documentary science and development of inter-, multi- and transdisciplinarity
%A Skupieński, Krzysztof
%J Archeion
%V 2019
%R 10.4467/26581264ARC.19.004.11813
%N 120
%P 108-121
%K interdisciplinarity, philosophy of science, Tadeusz Grygier, Sue McKemmish, Anne J. Gilliland, Luciana Duranti, Livia Iacovino
%@ 0066-6041
%D 2020
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/archeion/article/polska-nauka-o-archiwach-wobec-nauki-o-dokumencie-oraz-rozwoju-inter-multi-i-transdyscyplinarnosci
%X The article is a discourse, proposing one of directions that Polish archival science might take in order to make a broader foray into the modern interdisciplinarity. In the first part, the general framework is indicated, based on philosophy of science and the new Oxford manual. Discussions of Polish philosophers, political scientists, pedagogists, and others analysing various types of interdisciplinarity were taken into account. Archivistics textbooks were the source for, mainly, reflection on its scope and relationship with other sciences, with particular focus on Tadeusz Grygier’s concepts.
The second part is an initial attempt to recognize certain directions of interdisciplinarity development, in particular in both North American, and Australian branches of archival science, in search for potential inspirations for Polish archival science. An attempt is made to derive a general view from selected works by Sue McKemmish and Anne J. Gilliland et al., with focus on importance of evidentiary value as the main feature of documentation to be of interest to archivists and records managers.
Subsequently, Livia Iacovino’s 2004 article was analysed. Emphasis was put on the topic of need to renew strong ties between archival science and legal sciences. Luciana Duranti also calls for that, recognizing diplomacy’s primary importance for archival science. The author agrees with those views, reiterating his proposal to place the document as a phenomenon at the centre of archivists and record managers education concept. Some of the most interesting examples of archival interdisciplinarity in Anglo-Saxon countries are also presented.