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Theories of the Archive from Across the Disciplines (2004)

Abstract
Creative and compelling theoretical formulations of the archive have emerged from a host of disciplines in the last decade. Derrida and Foucault, as well as many other humanists and social scientists, have initiated a broadly interdisciplinary conversation about the nature of the archive. This literature suggests a confluence of interests among scholars, archivists, and librarians that is fueled by a shared preoccupation with the function and fate of the historical and scholarly record. The following essay provides an exploration and overview of this archival discourse

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Download http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35687
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Repository MIT Dspace (United States)
Keywords archive theory, Derrida, scholarly record
Type Article
Language Englisch