Battaglia, Giulia and Clarke, Jennifer and Siegenthaler, Fiona. (2020) Bodies of Archives / Archival Bodies. An Introduction. Visual Anthropology Research, 36 (1). pp. 8-16.
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Abstract
Compared to other disciplines and despite its central role in research practices, the concept of the "archive" has received insufficient critical attention in anthropology until recently. Anthropologists working in collaboration with artists and curators have experimented with forms of archive/archiving, raising important questions about both the collaborative and processual nature of archives. They thereby challenge ideas about the "archive" as a static repository of history. This special section begins with the premise that archives, prone to decay, dissolution, and re-arrangement, are permanently in process. This perspective enables us to engage with cleavages and links between past knowledge and future imagination, as well as the role of representation and the anarchive. Our interest is not limited to objects, but also addresses the idea of the body (or collective bodies) as archives of experience, and the archive's potential for collaborative artistic and ethnographic practices. We ask: What forms of collaborative work does the archive offer? In what ways can the collective sensibility of the archive be explored? What can we gain from a process-based notion of the archive? What implications does this have on the role of the archive in art and anthropology, and for the practices related to it in particular?
Faculties and Departments: | 04 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften > Ehemalige Einheiten Gesellschaftswissenschaften > Visuelle und politische Ethnologie (Förster) |
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UniBasel Contributors: | Siegenthaler, Fiona |
Item Type: | Article, refereed |
Article Subtype: | Research Article |
Publisher: | Wiley |
e-ISSN: | 1548-7458 |
Note: | Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article |
Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2021 11:15 |
Deposited On: | 25 Oct 2021 11:15 |
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