Nicht aus der Schweiz? Besuchen Sie lehmanns.de
Indigenous Archives in Postcolonial Contexts - Mpho Ngoepe, Sindiso Bhebhe

Indigenous Archives in Postcolonial Contexts

Recalling the Past in Africa
Buch | Hardcover
150 Seiten
2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-23502-8 (ISBN)
CHF 87,25 inkl. MwSt
Indigenous Archives in Postcolonial Contexts revisits the definition of a record and extends it to include memory, murals, rock art paintings and other objects.

Drawing on five years of research and examples from Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa, the authors analyse archives in the African context. Considering issues such as authentication, ownership and copyright, the book considers how murals and their like can be used as extended or counter archives. Arguing that extended archives can reach people in a way that traditional archives cannot and that such archives can be used to bridge the gaps identified within archival repositories, the authors also examine how such archives are managed and authenticated using traditional archival principles. Presenting case studies from organisations such as Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action Archives (GALA) and heritage projects such as the Makgabeng Open Cultural Museum, the authors also analyse Indigenous family praises and songs and explore how such records are preserved and transmitted to the next generation.

Indigenous Archives in Postcolonial Contexts demonstrates how the voices of the marginalised can be incorporated into archives. Making an important contribution to the effort to decolonise African archives, the book will be essential reading for academics and students working in archival studies, library and information science, Indigenous studies, African studies, cultural heritage, history and anthropology.

Mpho Ngoepe is a professor of information science and the Executive Director of Library and Information Services at the University of South Africa (Unisa). He was previously the Head of Information Science at the same institution. He worked for several organisations, including the National Archives of South Africa and the Auditor-General of South Africa. His research interests include archives, libraries, records management, indigenous archives, authentication, oral history, literature, and archival theories. Sindiso Bhebhe is a post doctoral research fellow at the University of South Africa (Unisa). He holds a PhD in Information Science from Unisa. He has previously worked for the National Archives of Zimbabwe, and the National University of Science and Technology in Zimbabwe. His research interests include oral history, indigenous archives, and digital records management.

Prologue: Reimagining Indigenous Archives

1 Conceptualisation and recontextualisation of indigenous archival constructs

2 Decolonisation or (re)Africanisation of archives?

3 Authentication of indigenous archives

4 Ownership, copyright, and 'copyleft' of indigenous archives

5 Decolonisation and (re)Africanisation in action: a case study of community memory practices

6 Sustainable structures for indigenous archives in the postcolonial context

Epilogue: Reflections and reflexivity

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 9 Halftones, black and white; 9 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 216 mm
Gewicht 620 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10 1-032-23502-0 / 1032235020
ISBN-13 978-1-032-23502-8 / 9781032235028
Zustand Neuware
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt?
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
die Ukraine, Polen und der Irrweg in der russischen Geschichte

von Martin Schulze Wessel

Buch | Hardcover (2023)
C.H.Beck (Verlag)
CHF 39,20
eine Globalgeschichte des Kapitalismus

von Friedrich Lenger

Buch | Hardcover (2023)
C.H.Beck (Verlag)
CHF 53,20
wie die USA und China um die technologische Vorherrschaft auf der …

von Chris Miller

Buch | Hardcover (2023)
Rowohlt (Verlag)
CHF 41,95