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Title
Archives, the Digital Turn, and Governance in Africa |
Full text
https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/34231/1/Ok-Edit%20%E2%80%93%2000%20-%20Chamelot%20Hiribarren%20Rodet%20-%20introduction.pdf |
Date
2019 |
Author(s)
Chamelot, Fabienne; Hiribarren, Vincent; Rodet, Marie |
Contributor(s)
Chamelot, Fabienne; Hiribarren, Vincent; Rodet, Marie |
Abstract
With the rise of information technology, an increasing proportion of public African archives are being digitized and made accessible on the internet. The same is being done to a certain extent with private archives too. As much as the new technologies are raising enthusiasm, they have prompted discussion among researchers and archivists, on subjects ranging from matters of intellectual property to sovereignty and governance. Digital archiving disrupts archival norms and practices, opening up a field of reflection relatively little explored by historians. This article therefore seeks to reflect on the digital turn of African archives as a subject for study in its own right, located at the crossroads of political and economic interests. |
Language
en |
Publisher
Cambridge University Press |
Relation
http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/34231/; 10.1017/hia.2019.26 |
Type of publication
Journal Article; PeerReviewed |
Format
text |
Rights
cc_by_nc_nd_4 |
Identifier
Chamelot, Fabienne and Hiribarren, Vincent and Rodet, Marie (2019) 'Archives, the Digital Turn, and Governance in Africa.' History in Africa, 47. pp. 101-118. |
Repository
London - SOAS, University of London
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