Published November 29, 2012 | Version v1

Archives of emotion

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Presented at the Reinventing Archival Methods workshop, 29 November 2012, in Sydney.

Why are we so reluctant to acknowledge that archives are repositories of feeling? Is emotion meaningless because it can’t be quantified, dangerous because it can’t be controlled, or does it simply not fit with the professional discourse of evidence, authority and reliability.

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Conference paper: http://discontents.com.au/archives-of-emotion/ (URL)