Decolonising Archives

Indigenous Challenges to Record Keeping in 'Reconciling' Settler Colonial States

Bibliographic Data

ID5854504
AuthorsTrish Luker (0000-0003-2063-4791)
Year2017
Volume32
Issue91-92
Pages108-125
Publication date2017-04-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Feminist Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1321-7568 • E-ISSN: 1465-3303
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/08164649.2017.1357011
OpenAlexW2751959230
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited39

Feminist and queer engagements with archives and archival theory have emphasised the affective dimensions of archival processes, particularly the meaning and place of archives when they concern marginalised people and intimate lives. In settler colonial contexts such as Australia and Canada, these ways of thinking about archives have been influential in responding to histories of removal, institutionalisation and abuse of Indigenous children. This article investigates the importance of feminist engagements with archives and historiography in 'reconciling' settler colonial states, with attention to sites of archival contention. Feminist modes of history that foreground affect in the formation of public culture need to take account of divergent views regarding the propriety of archival records in 'reconciling' settler colonial states. Indigenous peoples' mistrust of state and institutional archives, demands for control of archives and legal actions for destruction of records, as well as establishment of autonomous archives, all contribute to the important and fraught process of decolonising settler colonial archives

Colonialism · Historiography · Indigenous · Institutionalisation · Political science · Queer · Sociology · State (computer science · Archaeological Research and Protection · Digital and Traditional Archives Management · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Gender Studies · History · Law

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