Critical Archival Studies: An Introduction

Michelle Caswell UCLA
Ricardo Punzalan University of Maryland
T-Kay Sangwand UCLA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24242/jclis.v1i2.50

Keywords: archival theory, critical archival studies, critical theory, social justice

Abstract

This introduction defines critical archival studies and summarizes the articles including in the special issue.

Author Biographies

Michelle Caswell, UCLA

Michelle Caswell is an Assistant Professor of Information Studies at UCLA.

Ricardo Punzalan, University of Maryland

Ricardo Punzalan is an assitant professor at the University of Marylan's College of Information Studies.

T-Kay Sangwand, UCLA

T-Kay Sangwand is a Librarian for Digital Collection Development at UCLA.

Published

2017-06-27

Issue

Vol 1 No 2 (2017): Critical Archival Studies

Section

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