legal power?

Hi, Evan.

I think in the context of Cristen's page, I was thinking about the power that archivists were given when the Canadian copyright law essentially required them to be "satisfied" that a patron was using copies of materials in a way that fell under fair dealing, meaning the archivist was really having to make a judgement call and give access accordingly. However, Cristen makes a good point about the law playing into the power of archives in many other ways, starting with various the records / archives acts in Canada.

That being said, you have a very complex topic here, so I can understand if you prefer to focus more on the areas you have already outlined. I am admittedly Not a Theory Person, so had a bit of a hard time following the first section "Commencement, Commandment, S/Citation: Phenomenological Approaches." For example, if you could expand on the phenomenological tradition a bit more for those of us not familiar with it, it would be a great help to me at least.

And to echo Robert's comment below, the section on "opening description" could be expanded to include things like community archives and how they are taking on the responsibility of being the keepers of their own history and narrative.

Very fascinating stuff, and I will enjoy learning more!