| Title: |
Historical Geographies: Geographical Antagonism and Archives |
| Authors: |
Beckingham, David; Hodder, Jake |
| Contributors: |
Lovell, Sarah A.; Coen, Stephanie E.; Rosenberg, Mark W. |
| Publisher Information: |
Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
| Publication Year: |
2022 |
| Collection: |
University of Nottingham: Repository@Nottingham |
| Description: |
This chapter considers a simple methodological question: what does it mean to approach archives geographically? Reflections over the last few decades have seen scholars in different disciplines engage with debates about the constitution of archives, the unevenness of sources, and the historical marginalization of groups through processes of record collection and keeping. Yet, it has often been less clear in these discussions how a geographer‘s reading of the archive might differ from, say, that of a historian. Building on the work of Antoinette Burton, we call for ‘geographical antagonism' in methodological approaches to archives. We argue that the historical geographies of collections - how they came to be located in specific places, the geographical imaginations they supported, and indeed the work they continue to do - are fundamental to the cultural, social, and political stories they might tell. In the first section of the chapter, we consider these questions in relation to the spaces and organization of physical archives. In the second part, we consider the extent to which digital platforms might hide these important geographies. |
| Document Type: |
book part |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/13746379; Pagination 173-182 |
| DOI: |
10.4324/9781003038849-17 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003038849-17; https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/13746379 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.3B631D4 |
| Database: |
BASE |