Suggestions for links and some content

Suggestions for links and some content

Hi Kelsey, I really like how you've got your page laid out so far. This is such an interesting topic to take on! I'm looking forward to reading the professional education section, once you get it filled in. It sounds really cool. Quickly, I would like to nominate my page on Archives and Repatriation on one which might be relevant for your See Also section, as well as Alison's page on Archives in Southeast Asia.

Have you thought about including a section on critiques of people who refer to archives in currently colonized states like Canada, the US, Australia, etc as postcolonial? I can recommend a good article on this if you're looking for one, and since your overview of what a postcolonial archive is mentions North American and Oceanic Indigenous populations, it might be good to have that point of view included. You might already be planning on doing this, but just in case I thought I'd bring it up! Best, Allison

AllisonMills (talk)05:00, 26 March 2015

I actually noticed your page on repatriation right after I made the see also section, it is very closely related!

In terms of indigenous archives, I wasn't going to go into that part of it too much since it is something of a separate issue (and there's already a whole page on first nations archives) but I was going to talk about the issues with them that are shared with other postcolonial archives, one example being the inclusion of Maori records in the New Zealand National Archives and the emphasis on biculturalism in their institution. I'd be happy to see what article you're thinking of though, the issue of postcolonialism are definitely seen in the North American context as well.

KelseyPoloney (talk)21:37, 26 March 2015

The article I'm thinking of is by Matthew Kurtz. I've included the citation for it below!

Matthew Kurtz, “A Postcolonial Archive? On the Paradox of Practice in a Northwest Alaska Project,” Archivaria 61 (2006): 63-90.

AllisonMills (talk)23:47, 27 March 2015

I actually already have that one in my bibliography, I just haven't read it thoroughly yet! Thanks for the suggestion though :)

KelseyPoloney (talk)01:59, 28 March 2015