Decolonizing the Caribbean record : an archives reader

Decolonizing the Caribbean record : an archives reader / edited by Jeannette A. Bastian, John A. Aarons, Stanley H. Griffin.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bastian, Jeannette A. (Editor), Griffin, Stanley H. (Editor), Aarons, John A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Sacramento, CA : Litwin Books, 2018.
Series:Series on archives, archivists and society ; no. 8.
Subjects:
Archives > Caribbean Area.
Archivists > Caribbean Area.
Collective memory > Caribbean Area.
Postcolonialism > Caribbean Area.
Archives
Archivists
Collective memory
Postcolonialism
Caribbean Area
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Decolonizing the Caribbean Record; Part 1a: Archives and Nation Building in the Caribbean: Archival History; Historical Developments in Caribbean Archives and Record Keeping; Puerto Rico's Archival Traditions in a Colonial Context; The Return of the Historical Archives (1661-1975) from the Netherlands to Suriname; Part 1b Archives and Nation Building in the Caribbean: Former National Archivists Reflect; Barbados Department of Archives: Making Lemonade with Limes-My Archival life
  • The Establishment of the National Archives of the BahamasWorking at the National Archives of Guyana: Experiences, Challenges & Lessons; The British Virgin Islands Archives Experience: Frustrations and Obstacles; The Jamaica Archives: Reflections on Changes Over the Years; Part 2 Record-making, Record-keeping: Critical Components of National Development; Information Rights (IRs) and Recordkeeping in the Commonwealth Caribbean; The Records of the West Indies Federation and the Acquisition of the Archives by The University of the West Indies (UWI)
  • Frameworks for Managing Government Records: A Case Study of Trinidad and TobagoRecordkeeping, Strategic Priorities, and Governance in Small Island Caribbean Communities; Records in Jeopardy: Natural Disasters, Disaster Planning and Recovery in Montserrat; Distant, Damaged, Destroyed and/or Disappearing: The Archival Records of Tobago; Part 3 Using Caribbean Records; Reparations and the Historical Record: The Barbados Department of Archives in the Reclaiming of the Historic Past; Making the West Indian Archive Accessible: Ken Ingram's Archival Cartography
  • Battling the Ailment of Sameness: Innovative Approaches to Archiving at the National ArchivesAuthority of Saint LuciaPreserving Archival Collections in the 21st. Century: The Caribbean Experience; Which Court is the Ball in Now? A Case Study of Archival Outreach in St. Kitts; Unearthing Societies with Secrets in the Anglophone Caribbean through Archival Research; Maroons in the Archives: The Uses of the Past in the French Caribbean; Private Archives-An Untapped Treasure: the View from Jamaica; Part 4 Decolonizing the Record-Forms and Formats of Caribbean Archives
  • Capturing Personal Stories, Oral Histories and Microhistories: A Case Study from Montserrat"Putting Up Ah Resistance": Rastafari Records, Struggles, and Triumphs; "Play Mas": Carnival in the Archives and the Archives in Carnival: Records and Community Identity in the United States Virgin Islands; Breaking the Silence: The Case for Establishing Sound Archives in the Caribbean; The Monument as Public Archive; Building an Inclusive Past, Democratizing Heritage: An Evaluation of Community Recordkeeping in Trinidad and Tobago; The Reggae Archives: Confessions of an Accidental Archivist.

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