The House Archives Built
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Title
The House Archives Built
Subject
Concept of Archives
Standards
Memory
Black History
Black Archival Subjects
Standards
Memory
Black History
Black Archival Subjects
Description
An African American archival article emphasizing: The current trending focus on liberating the concept of archives from physical institutions has served to
mentally leave behind Black collections held in predominantly White institutions. Dorothy Berry reflects
on the conflict of archives versus the archives, and how the fundamental structures of archives can
disserve Black archival subjects by foregrounding ownership, collecting, and homogeneity.
mentally leave behind Black collections held in predominantly White institutions. Dorothy Berry reflects
on the conflict of archives versus the archives, and how the fundamental structures of archives can
disserve Black archival subjects by foregrounding ownership, collecting, and homogeneity.
Creator
Dorothy Berry
Source
WE HERE
Publisher
up//root
WE HERE
WE HERE
Date
June 22, 2021
Rights
Berry, Dorothy. “The House Archives Built.” up//root. June 22, 2021. https://www.uproot.space/features/thehouse-archives-built. Copyright for articles published by up//root is retained by the author(s). This is an Open
Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Format
Digital Pdf
Language
English
Type
Text
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Abstract
The current trending focus on liberating the concept of archives from physical institutions has served to
mentally leave behind Black collections held in predominantly White institutions. Dorothy Berry reflects
on the conflict of archives versus the archives, and how the fundamental structures of archives can
disserve Black archival subjects by foregrounding ownership, collecting, and homogeneity.
The current trending focus on liberating the concept of archives from physical institutions has served to
mentally leave behind Black collections held in predominantly White institutions. Dorothy Berry reflects
on the conflict of archives versus the archives, and how the fundamental structures of archives can
disserve Black archival subjects by foregrounding ownership, collecting, and homogeneity.
Original Format
Digital Document
Files
Reference
Dorothy Berry 2021, The House Archives Built, up//root
WE HERE
Cite As
Dorothy Berry, “The House Archives Built,” REPOSITORY, accessed April 23, 2024, https://artlibrarydeco.omeka.net/items/show/45.
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