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CHICAGO — “,” published by and available through the , provides an authoritative and inspiring response to today’s growing fascination with the idea of the archive. Editors Fiorella Foscarini, Heather MacNeil, Gillian Oliver, and Bonnie Mak present a selection of the most original, insightful and imaginative papers from the (I-CHORA 7). This book includes cutting-edge research articles on the history and theory of archives and records, written by internationally renowned and emerging scholars. From the origins of contemporary grassroots archival activism in Poland to the role of women archivists in early 20th century England; from the management of records in the Dutch East Indies in the 19th century to the relationship between Western and Indigenous cultures in North America and other modern archival conundrums: this book reveals the richness and complexity of archival thinking through historical and contemporary compelling examples that will captivate the reader.

Foscarini is an associate professor in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. She taught previously at the University of Amsterdam and holds a PhD in archival studies from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. She is Co-editor in Chief of the Records Management Journal. MacNeil is a professor in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto where she teaches courses in the areas of archival theory and practice and the history of record keeping. Oliver is an academic at the School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She is the co-author of “” and “,” and is Co-editor in Chief of the journal Archival Science. Mak is an associate professor at the University of Illinois, jointly appointed in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science and the Program in Medieval Studies. She is the author of “How the Page Matters.”

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