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Viewing Subject(s) as Creator(s): The Need to Reexamine and Redescribe Civil Rights Collections for Pluralist Provenance

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Abstract

This article reexamines and redescribes three civil rights collections, in multiple formats, to illustrate broader inclusivity through the notions of cocreatorship and pluralist provenance. Specifically, this article argues that archivists need to utilize broader descriptive practices that account for the possibility of multiple narratives, which, along with parallel and simultaneous multiple forms of creatorship, are all subsumed under the larger heading of pluralist provenance. Examples of the implementation of this broadened approach are given, and possible criticisms are addressed.

How to Cite:

Sowry, N., (2013) “Viewing Subject(s) as Creator(s): The Need to Reexamine and Redescribe Civil Rights Collections for Pluralist Provenance”, Archival Issues 35(2), 99–114. doi: https://doi.org//archivalissues.10995