Material Cultures of Archiving
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Material Cultures of Archiving

An Introduction to a Global and Historical Practice

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eBook - ePub

Material Cultures of Archiving

An Introduction to a Global and Historical Practice

About this book

The history of archiving and record-keeping has recently attracted a lot of attention, however, scholarship on the physical and spatial aspects of that history are still scant. Hence, the volume foregrounds the material aspect of record-keeping and highlights the object-nature of archiving. Chapters on archive-related document preparation and the composition of archivable records are followed by explorations of storage containers, furniture, and spaces.
The volume is cross-cultural in nature, highlighting the materiality of record-keeping practices as a prime entry point for a globally comparative history of archiving. Exploring the rich traditions of record-keeping practices and facilities makes visible previously underappreciated parallels and unique specifics of various archival cultures from around the globe.

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Information

Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2025
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9783111657196
Subtopic
World History
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Frontmatter
  5. Contents
  6. Why Materiality Matters in Archival History: An Introduction
  7. Chapter 1: Archival Artefacts: From Sheets and Files to Digital Documents
  8. Case Study 1.1: Archiving Ancient Papyrus in Modern Times
  9. Case Study 1.2: Material Traces of Piercing and Bundling in the កaram al-SharÄ«f Corpus
  10. Chapter 2: Books as Archives
  11. Case Study 2.1: A Medieval Cartulary: The Codex Eberhardi
  12. Case Study 2.2: The Golden Gospel of Dabra Libānos, at Ham, Eritrea
  13. Chapter 3: Containers: From Wrapped Textiles and Jars to Hard Disks
  14. Case Study 3.1: An Archival Backpack from Gotha
  15. Case Study 3.2: Archival Bags in Ethiopia
  16. Case Study 3.3: Leather-laminated Boxes from Ethiopia
  17. Case Study 3.4: An Early Modern Coptic Slipcase from Cairo, Egypt
  18. Case Study 3.5: A Decorated Charter Ark from Xanten, 1460
  19. Chapter 4: Furniture
  20. Case Study 4.1: Fluchtkisten
  21. Case Study 4.2: Shelves and Manuscripts in Tibet
  22. Case Study 4.3: Storing Books (and Potentially Archival Bundles) in Medieval Arabic Societies
  23. Case Study 4.4: Ida Dehmel’s Archive Cabinet (Hamburg, 1901)
  24. Case Study 4.5: Working the Archive: An Archival Desk and Many Drawers
  25. Chapter 5: Storage Spaces: Rooms and Buildings
  26. Case Study 5.1: Caves as Storage Spaces
  27. Case Study 5.2: Archive Building in Gondar Ethiopia
  28. Case Study 5.3: The Archives Internationales de la Danse in Paris
  29. Case Study 5.4: The ÊżÄ€bdÄ«n Palace Archive in Cairo: Merging Monarchy and Nation
  30. Contributors
  31. General Index

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