Activating the archive: rethinking the role of traditional archives for local activist projects
Activating the archive: rethinking the role of traditional archives for local activist projects
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DOI：
10.1007/s10502-015-9247-3
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发表时间：
2015-12-01
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1.1
通讯作者：
Bastian, Michelle
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作者：
Buchanan, Alexandrina;Bastian, Michelle
本文探讨的方式档案材料有可能成为一个核心组成部分的行动，通过评估AHRC资助的合作研究项目的历史和未来的本地食品在利物浦。“Seel先生花园的回忆：探索利物浦过去和未来的食物系统”是四位学者，两位艺术/遗产专业人士和三个社区团体围绕当地食物的主题进行的合作。社区团体聚集在一起，共同探讨历史工作如何有助于发展当地食品运动。该项目旨在利用三种不同的方法对当地粮食系统的历史进行研究：档案研究、地图研究和口述历史，以便从历史和地理两方面加深对粮食系统的了解，并探讨这种了解可能对未来的社区活动作出何种贡献。该项目考察了进行研究是否改变了参与者对历史研究价值的认识（包括不同方法的价值）;他们对当地环境和当地食品问题的理解，或者提供了未来变化的可能性和他们在其中的作用的新视角。简而言之，历史研究是否有助于地方行动主义？本文将描述所使用的方法和研究结果，这表明，即使是“传统”的档案材料，既不是为活动家的目的创建或选择，有可能成为活动家项目的宝贵资源，无论是对过去的挑战简单化的活动家叙述，并授权活动家社区的成员开发新的叙事变化和沟通这些更广泛的社会。
This article explores the way archival material has the potential to become a core component of activism, through an evaluation of an AHRC-funded collaborative research project on the histories and futures of local food in Liverpool. "Memories of Mr Seel's Garden: exploring past and future food systems in Liverpool'' is a collaboration between four academics, two arts/heritage professionals and three community groups, around the theme of local food. The community groups were brought together by their mutual interest in exploring how historical work might contribute to the developing local food movement. The project aimed to undertake research into the history of local food systems, using three different methods: archival research, map research and oral history, in order to develop deeper understanding of food systems, both historically and geographically and to explore what this understanding might contribute to future community activism. The project examined whether undertaking the research changed participants' awareness of the value of historical research (including the value of different methods); their understandings of the local environment and local food issues, or provided new perspectives on the possibility of future change and their role within it. In short, could historical research assist local activism? The article will describe the methods used and the research findings, which suggest that even "traditional'' archival materials, neither created nor selected for activist purposes, have the potential to be valuable resources for activist projects, both for challenging simplistic activist narratives about the past and for empowering members of activist communities to develop new narratives for change and communicate these to wider society.