Creating Development Archives Ethically from an Over-Developed Country
Development archives, like all archives, are an expression of power. Furthermore, archives in over-developed countries tend to prioritize the records of government institutions and of influential men deemed to be “important.” At the same time, nongovernmental organizations in “donor” countries are a...
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Revue internationale des études du développement
2025
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| Online pristup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sažetak: | Development archives, like all archives, are an expression of power. Furthermore, archives in over-developed countries tend to prioritize the records of government institutions and of influential men deemed to be “important.” At the same time, nongovernmental organizations in “donor” countries are able and expected to generate archival records related to development projects overseas. Conflict and storage issues in less developed countries can leave these Northern NGO archives in possession of materials not available in “recipient” countries. This paper examines the work of “archival rescue” in Canada. The process of digitization and description is also a process of archival creation, with implications inherent in the subsequent posting of these records online. |
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