Romancing the archive: the personal rapidly becomes the political We come to the archive like lovers, with hope and high expectations. We wish it never to have closing hours. We wish it to be infinite so that we never lose our sense of wonder. At the same time, we wish it to be finite so that we might find the morsel of evidence we seek, the definitive document to bolster some thesis we formed too early: the meaning of this particular history is____ and my visit to the archive will offer up proof that___.
The Politics of the Archive (1)
The Politics of the Archive (1)
The Politics of the Archive (1)
Romancing the archive: the personal rapidly becomes the political We come to the archive like lovers, with hope and high expectations. We wish it never to have closing hours. We wish it to be infinite so that we never lose our sense of wonder. At the same time, we wish it to be finite so that we might find the morsel of evidence we seek, the definitive document to bolster some thesis we formed too early: the meaning of this particular history is____ and my visit to the archive will offer up proof that___.