Who Owns Our History? Archiving the Disabled People’s Movement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8252825 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ella Clarke (corresponding author), Steve Graby, Luke Beesley (0000-0003-4512-0885) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Disability and Social Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2732-4036 • E-ISSN: 2732-4044 |
| Publisher | Pluto Journals (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.13169/intljofdissocjus.5.2.0006 |
| OpenAlex | W7105096561 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
This article examines how disabled people can achieve meaningful control over archival collections that document their history and struggles. Using Manchester’s Disabled People’s Archive as a case study, it demonstrates how democratic governance structures and comprehensive accessibility strategies can ensure archives serve disabled communities rather than simply describing them. The authors argue for extending such community-controlled approaches to mainstream heritage institutions
Control (management · Corporate governance · Democracy · Disabled people · Mainstream · Movement (music · Digital and Traditional Archives Management · Disability Rights and Representation · Library Science and Administration
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |