Science, technology, and socialistfeminism in the late twentieth century, an iro nic political myth which theorized the liberatory potential inherent in womens interactions with information technology. Gerome bestknown for transfusing his journeys to the east with an exotic and erotic. The notion of archive in the south african context. Americas largest archives is the national archives in washington, dc. Archive and public thus became the focus of the next series of projects which i initiated. Archivists and historians usually consider archives as repositories of historical. Shaping scientific research on senescence, 19001960. Inventory page title 7 introduction 19 the power of the archive and. Refiguring the archive carolyn hamilton, verne harris. More and more, pdfa the iso standard for longterm archival of pdf documents is becoming the file format of choice to archive documents. Through a case study of the archive of the gallo music group this article proposes that innovative curatorship of music archives offers some solutions to thechallenges faced by the archival domain more broadly, and could evolve a truly democratic, dialogical, twentyfirst century, stateofthe art archive. Historical library, the rockefeller archive center, american philosophical society, and the university of minnesota.
Oct 21, 2011 pdfa is a strict standard of adobes portable document format pdf that federal courts in the u. Refiguring the archive in selected works by zanele muholi. However, by archives is also understood a collection of. She is the author of nomadic narratives a history of mobility and identity in the great indian desert, which examines the processes of settlement in western rajasthan. Refiguring the multitude from exodus to the production of norms timothy rayner the fundamental faith of the metaphysicians is the faith in antithetical values. With a specific focus on nagualism, the native american practice of selfsplitting and metamorphosis, this collective project executed as a continuous exchange between its collaborators confirms that metamorphosis is a rapid, ongoing process without beginning or end, an. Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations. Since its publication, the book refiguring the archive 2002 1 has become an important benchmark in discussions about archives in south africa. The term archives first refers to a building, a symbol of a public institution, which is one of the organs of a constituted state. Archival institution an overview sciencedirect topics. Annalaura alifuocos address longs to attend to such potential.
Creating archiveready pdf files callas software gmbh. Reaffirming my support for refiguring the archive in the conclusion, i also note that. Carolyn hamilton, verne harris, michele pickover, graeme reid, razia saleh, jane taylor. Archival institutions and archivists have established and operated with that notion.
Morehshin allahyari whitney museum of american art by joel kuennnen morehshin allahyaris latest work is a hypertext fable hosted on the whitney museum of american arts artport, its online exhibition portal for new media and net art commissions. How to make a portable document format archive pdfa. Refiguring the archive working in archives is indeed the bread and butter of the historian. Refiguring refers to the processes of questioning the privileged place of archives in historical practice, opening them to critical inspection and. Through a case study of the archive of the gallo music group this article proposes that innovative curatorship of music archives offers some solutions to thechallenges faced by the archival domain more broadly, and could evolve a truly democratic, dialogical, twentyfirst century, stateof the art archive. Institutional scholarship the overwhelming question. That version was published in revised form in carolyn hamilton et al. Review essay refiguring the archive hausarbeiten publizieren. Refiguring three womens testimonies delivered to the south african truth and reconciliation commission antjie krog, nosisi mpolweni tulsa studies in womens literature, volume 28, number 2, fall 2009, pp. The next research methodology issues in the social sciences conference organized by the university of cretes faculty of sociology will be held in rethymnon on 810 november 2019. Review essay refiguring the archive publish your masters. Here uncoils a collective psychogeography of the americasa personal exploration of indigenous poetics and epistemes. Dec 12, 20 rafael pereztorres, from refiguring aztlan the refusal to be delimited, while simultaneously claiming numerous heritages and influences, allows for a rearticulation of the relationship between self and society, self and history, self and land.
Twentyone years after hal foster identified what he terms the ethnographic turn in contemporary art, it may be argued that art which has similarities with ethnography in its focus on representation of cultural difference and issues. Refiguring the archive edited by carolyn hamilton, verne. Pdfa is a strict standard of adobes portable document format pdf that federal courts in the u. Histories, epistemologies, and identities in the eighteenthcentury atlantic world. The laughing snake 2018 blends personal narrative and lore in a black, reflective, 3dmodeled environment. The essay consider the ways in which the archive holds on to things of value, thereby both. Who will write our history emanuel ringelblum, the warsaw ghetto, and the oyneg shabes archive the helen and martin schwartz lectures in jewish studies. I first visited the rajasthan state archives, bikaner for the first time as an mphil research scholar in 1995.
Refiguring the radical cyborg in mamoru oshiis ghost in the shell in 1985, donna haraway first published a cyborg manifesto. Sep 26, 2018 morehshin allahyari whitney museum of american art by joel kuennnen morehshin allahyaris latest work is a hypertext fable hosted on the whitney museum of american arts artport, its online exhibition portal for new media and net art commissions. For instance, for verne harris, carol hamilton and others in a collection entitled refiguring the archive hamilton et al. Traditionally an archive is seen as an entity that contains the records of a recordcreating organization or individual which are worthwhile for longterm preservation.
For some, the contents in the archive are in some ways staticdeadbut it is in the engagement with this archive that its contents take on a spectral or ghostlike quality, always haunting the. A collaborative effort by six of south africas foremost archivists and writers with philosopher jacques derrida, the collection investigates end page 357 the concept of the archive within a. But for many this book will seem a strange successor. The materials held by the national archives and records administration nara number in the billions. Refiguring the radical cyborg in mamoru oshiis ghost in. Then we might come face to face with a temporality where when time is not linear and rational but connective and relational. The power of the archive and its limits springerlink. The dole family papers archive at the huntington library contains numerous resources relating to the overthrow and the events leading up to and following it.
Refiguring the archive at once expresses cuttingedge debates on the archive in south africa and internationally, and pushes the boundaries of those debates. Refiguring poetic failure as catalyzed reading in the love song of j. Dole led the republic of hawaii and advocated for annexation as an american territory. Friedrich nietzsche, beyond good and evil, 2 hardt and negri describe multitude 2004 as a. Traditionally archives have been seen as preserving memory and as holding the past. Abstracttwentyone years after hal foster identified what he terms the ethnographic turn in contemporary art, it may be argued that art which has similarities with ethnography in its focus on representation of cultural difference and issues of sociopolitical change has become accepted practice in the global art arena. Derridas reflections on the word archive, as well as his discussion of the. Illustrations of the exhibition installation 85102 conclusion 103106. Scanningcenter shenzhen worldcat source edition 317793310. Review essay refiguring the archive arndt schmidt rezension literaturbericht geschichte sonstiges publizieren sie ihre hausarbeiten, referate, essays, bachelorarbeit oder masterarbeit. Of particular interest to readers of this blog, one of the main themes of the conference is commons policies. Tanuja kothiyal teaches history at ambedkar university, delhi.
Refiguring aspasia in the history of rhetoric fellow rhetorician recently gave me a nineteenthcentury print entitled alcibiades and aspasia. Recordkeeping was and is seen as the area of records. And by then i had come to value anthropological perspectives on the takenforgranted. What makes amer icas national archives different from what you might call your personal memory box. Refiguring the archive carolyn hamilton, verne harris, graeme reid auth. Review essay refiguring the archive publish your master. Before they go there for the first time however, hardly any student of history has got a thorough understanding of how archives function and what they represent. Exhibition curatorial concept and contextual background 7880 4. Refiguring the archive edited by carolyn hamilton, verne harris, jane taylor, michele pickover, graeme reid and razia saleh cape. This marked a turning point in a long process of settler colonialism, after which sanford b. Creating archive ready pdf files more and more, pdf a the iso standard for longterm archival of pdf documents is becoming the file format of choice to archive documents. What when the temporalities of pain, pleasure and desire intersperse and move closer, at the point of almost touching. Inventory page title 7 introduction 19 the power of the archive and its limits 20 the archives and the political imaginary.