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Hugh A. Taylor is one of the most important thinkers in the English-speaking world of archives. A retired civil servant and archival educator, he was named to the prestigious Order of Canada, his nation's highest civilian award. The fifteen essays in this volume are presented in chronological order so that readers may appreciate the broadening evolution and rich interconnections in Taylor's thought as these occurred over more than three decades. These essays link archives to social life and contemporary ideas. Long before postmodern scholars' recent fascination with 'the archive, ' Taylor was intent on constructing archives anew, imagining them as places where archivists connect their records with social issues, with new media and technologies, with the historical tradition of archives, with the earth's ecological systems, and with broader spiritual meaning. Also included are two original essays by editors Terry Cook and Gordon Dodds. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Many of the articles were written just as the computer and networks of computers were starting to have an impact on recordkeeping, and some of Taylor's predictions are prescient. For example, from 1987:
I loved his definition of research as "re-search, that is, the recovery of what was once known".
Taylor was deeply influenced by Howard Zinn's call to action in 1970 and proudly identified himself as an "activist archivist". His respect for the natural world and the work of those who try to protect it really shines through in his writings, with terms like bioregionalism popping up here and there. From 1997:
He was also a deeply spiritual man and felt strongly that archival work needed more of a human dimension and to be used as an active force for change. As another English archivist who made the move across the Atlantic to work in Canada, I feel proud to have followed in Taylor's footsteps. ( )