“Treat Them with the Reverence of Archivists” : Records Work, Grief Work, and Relationship Work in the Archives

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dc.contributor.authorDouglas, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorAlisauskas, Alexandra
dc.contributor.authorMordell, Devon
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-26T16:51:27Z
dc.date.available2021-10-26T16:51:27Z
dc.date.issued2019-11
dc.description.abstractIn this article, we take up Geoff Wexler and Linda Long’s call to explore the ways in which records and recordkeeping are “bound up” in experiences of loss and grieving. Drawing on theoretical and clinical literature on bereavement, we introduce the concept of grief work and investigate some ways in which grief work can be performed through the creation, use, organization, and preservation of records. We illustrate our study of records work as grief work with examples from the Hamilton Family Fonds at the University of Manitoba Archives and Special Collections, the Sylvia Plath collections at Smith College and Indiana University, and the Lara Gilbert Fonds at the University of Victoria Archives. Finally, we suggest some impacts – especially the ethical impacts – a grief work perspective might have on the ongoing development of archival theory and methodology. This article lays the conceptual groundwork for a larger, ongoing study on recordkeeping, grief work, and the concept of archival care.en_US
dc.description.grantingagencySocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)en_US
dc.identifier.citationDouglas, J., Alisauskas, A., & Mordell, D. (2019). “Treat them with the reverence of archivists”: Records work, grief work, and relationship work in the archives. Archivaria, 88, 84-120. https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0388866en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0388866en_US
dc.identifier.issn1923-6409
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/114074
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/43935
dc.publisherAssociation of Canadian Archivistsen_US
dc.publisher.facultyLibraries and Cultural Resourcesen_US
dc.publisher.hasversionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of British Columbiaen_US
dc.publisher.policyhttps://archivaria.ca/index.php/archivaria/about#oaen_US
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en_US
dc.subjectarchivesen_US
dc.subjectgriefen_US
dc.subjectcareen_US
dc.subjectartist archivesen_US
dc.title“Treat Them with the Reverence of Archivists” : Records Work, Grief Work, and Relationship Work in the Archivesen_US
dc.typejournal articleen_US
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ucalgary.scholar.levelFacultyen_US
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