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n. ~ 1. an archivist who strives to document the underdocumented aspects of society and to support political and social causes through that work. 2. an archivist who seeks to move the archives profession, archives workplaces, and society in general toward social justice.
Broader Term
archivist
Notes
Howard Zinn used the term activist archivist on September 30, 1970, during the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists in Washington, D.C. It was likely the first time the term was used in a public setting. Then as now, activist archivists look for proactive ways to collect, record, and preserve the less documented parts of the world, sometimes through the use of oral histories and photography.
Cited In
Abraham, Terry, “Collection Policy or Documentation Strategy: Theory and Practice,” The American Archivist 54 (Winter 1991): 52.
Delgado, David J., “The 34th Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists,” The American Archivist 34 (January 1971): 45.
Evans, Frank B., “The Second Generation: The Teachers and the Taught,” The American Archivist 38 (April 1975): 152.
Greene, Mark, “A Critique of Social Justice as an Archival Imperative: What Is It We’re Doing That’s All That Important?” The American Archivist 76 (Fall/Winter 2013): 351.
Stiverson, Gregory A., “The Activist Archivist: A Conservative View,” Georgia Archive 5 (January 1977): 2.
Jimerson, Randall C., Archives Power: Memory, Accountability, and Social Justice (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2009): 110.
Knowlton, Elizabeth, “Documenting the Gay Rights Movement,” Provenance: Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists 5 (January 1987): 23.
Motley, Archie, “Out of the Hollinger Box: The Archivist as Advocate,” The Midwestern Archivist 9:2 (1984): 65.
Swain, Ellen D., “Oral History in the Archives: Its Documentary Role in the Twenty-first Century,” The American Archivist 66 (Spring-Summer 2003): 146.
Wakimoto, Diane K., Debra L. Hansen, and Christine Bruce, “The Case of LLACE: Challenges, Triumphs, and Lessons of a Community Archives,” The American Archivist 76 (Fall/Winter 2013): 442.
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