{"product_id":"the-silence-of-the-archive-by-david-thomas-9781783301553","title":"The Silence of the Archive","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, big data initiatives, not to mention Hollywood, the video game industry and countless other popular media, have reinforced and even glamourised the public image of the archive as the ultimate repository of facts and the hope of future generations for uncovering ‘what actually happened’. The reality is, however, that for all sorts of reasons, the record may not have been preserved or survived in the archive. In fact, the record may never have even existed – its creation being as imagined as is its contents. And even if it does exist, it may be silent on the salient facts, or it may obfuscate, mislead or flat out lie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Silence of the Archive\u003c\/i\u003e is written by three expert and knowledgeable archivists and draws attention to the many limitations of archives and the inevitability of their having parameters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSilences or gaps in archives range from details of individuals’ lives to records of state oppression or of intelligence operations. The book brings together ideas from a wide range of fields, including contemporary history, family history research and Shakespearian studies. It describes why these silences exist, what the impact of them is, how researchers have responded to them, and what the silence of the archive means for researchers in the digital age. It will help provide a framework and context to their activities and enable them to better evaluate archives in a post-truth society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book includes discussion of:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eenforced silences\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eexpectations and when silence means silence\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003edigital preservation, authenticity and the future\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003edealing with the silence\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003epossible solutions; challenging silence and acceptance\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003ethe meaning of the silences: are things getting better or worse?\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003euser satisfaction and audience development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book will make compelling reading for professional archivists, records managers and records creators, postgraduate and undergraduate students of history, archives, librarianship and information studies, as well as academics and other users of archives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47608170774764,"sku":"9781783301553","price":165.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781783301553-the-silence-of-the-archive.jpg?v=1778187317","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-silence-of-the-archive-by-david-thomas-9781783301553","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}