archival sensemaking: personal digital archiving as an iteration
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Amelia Abreu and Mark Matienzo's talk at the Personal Digital Archiving Conference on February 25, 2011, at the Internet Archive.TRANSCRIPT
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ARCHIVAL SENSE-MAKING: PERSONAL DIGITAL ARCHIVING AS AN ITERATION
AMELIA ABREU, ISCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
MARK MATIENZO, YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
PDA 2011, FEBRUARY 25, 2011
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OVERVIEW• Introduce archival sensemaking and frame within the
context of appraisal and archivalization
• Examine the contexts of archival sensemaking in the contemporary media environment
• Examine the limits of sensemaking in personal digital archiving
• Set forth an agenda for examining sensemaking in Personal Digital Archives
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INTRODUCTION• Understanding archival sensemaking as situated action
• Archivalization as conscious or unconscious decision process whether something is worth archiving
• Sensemaking as theoretical guidelines for our analysis
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HOW DOES SENSEMAKING TAKE PLACE IN PERSONAL DIGITAL ARCHIVES?
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COLLECTIONS AND ACTS OF COLLECTING
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ARCHIVAL GENRES
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GENRES OF PERSONAL DIGITAL ARCHIVES
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LIMITS OF SENSEMAKING AS APPLIED TO PERSONAL DIGITAL ARCHIVES
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THE {UN|SUB}CONSCIOUS ARCHIVAL ACT
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ARCHIVAL SENSEMAKING AS A LIFE-LONG PROCESS
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CONCEPTUALIZING PRODUCTS & PROCESSES IN ARCHIVAL SENSEMAKING
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INCORPORATING APPRAISAL
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Digital Geographies
Re-considering Appraisal
CONCLUSION
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THANK YOU
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