Interactivity, flexibility and transparency: social media and Archives 2.0

Revolutionary Digitization: Building a Participatory Archive to Document the January 25th Uprising in Egypt

“…In addition to pushing archives to embrace technological innovation to improve archivist-researcher communications, the Archives 2.0 approach encourages archivists to "serve as effective advocates for their archival program and their profession." 10 The University on the Square project exemplifies the role of archivist-as-advocate. Engagement with faculty, students, administrators, photographers, artists, videographers, and interviewees informs contributors and researchers of the importance of archivists and archives as stewards of collective memory and cultural heritage.…”

Man on Bridge : une forme qui échappe aux catégories.

“…Dans le même temps, on note une multiplication des usages artistiques des archives (Bénichou, 2014). De manière générale, la création de sites documentaires et d'archives en ligne conduit à ce que les internautes puissent consulter eux-mêmes des sources premières en version numérique (Theimer, 2014). La distinction entre domaines de la trace et de la représentation est ainsi contestée.…”