The Archive as a “Collective Project”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8965893 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nilay Özok-Gündoğan, Nilay Özok‐gündoğan (0000-0001-9242-7105, Binghamton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 529-533 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743817000411 |
| OpenAlex | W2737959282 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
The history of the archive is the history of the state. Or so say conventional approaches to the archives. Until recently, the archive has been seen solely as a site, or rather a repository, of modern state power and governmentality, and a crucial medium for the making and preservation of national memory in the late 19th century. There is a truth to this state-centric perspective: the archive was conceived as a place where governments keep their records; they usually contain a term such as “state,” “government,” or “national” in their names; and they are often funded by and connected to a governmental body
Art · Genealogy · Government (linguistics · Governmentality · Historical memory · Humanities · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Power (physics · State (computer science · Visual arts · Archaeological Research and Protection · Computer Science · Digital and Traditional Archives Management · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |