Irreparable Damage: Violence, Ownership, and Voice in an Indian Archive

Caswell, Michelle

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“…Another difficulty in using the archive has been the very implication of the archive in constituting the colonial encounter. That archives in India have largely been a product of colonial intervention is a widely recognised fact (Prasad, 1978;Caswell, 2009). Pursuant to 390 QROM 15,3 the orientalist paradigm, archives valourised certain kinds of writings (such as those of elites and Sanskrit) and practices, whilst ignoring others and they were coloured by the colonial agenda of extraction and control (Caswell, 2009;Mani, 1998;Niranjana, 1992).…”

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“…That archives in India have largely been a product of colonial intervention is a widely recognised fact (Prasad, 1978;Caswell, 2009). Pursuant to 390 QROM 15,3 the orientalist paradigm, archives valourised certain kinds of writings (such as those of elites and Sanskrit) and practices, whilst ignoring others and they were coloured by the colonial agenda of extraction and control (Caswell, 2009;Mani, 1998;Niranjana, 1992). For instance, descriptions of practices of Bombay mills in colonial writings repeatedly attribute laziness and inefficiency to the workers and management.…”

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The deliberate burning of libraries is nothing new, but it seems surprising that such incidents have also occurred in peacetime in democracies. What does this say about community perceptions of libraries and the response of the library profession? Mostly, libraries are not very newsworthy. In some countries they are largely invisible; in others they may only attract public attention when they are threatened by cutbacks or closures or when things go badly wrong. The visibility and invisibility of libraries in the political arena confer risks, as well as benefits. As a framework for an exploration of this topic, libraries in various countries are conceptualized as being located in the political space on a continuum, from invisible to highly visible, on which the risks of visibility and invisibility can be situated. Some observations, with particular reference to library development in South Africa, follow on how librarians see themselves and their institutions in relation to the communities and societies they serve. This paper concludes that the risks of invisibility outweigh those of visibility, but that the political awareness, engagement, and commitment of the library profession are critical.

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Since 2005 at least fifteen community and public libraries have been deliberately set alight in South African townships and informal settlements, reportedly by individuals or groups from the communities which these libraries were intended to serve. This has given rise to dismay, horror and outrage among librarians. This article seeks to situate the deliberate destruction of libraries in a broader international context before focusing on the South African context of what are commonly called "service delivery protests." An overview is given of some recent scholarly analyses of violent protests in South African communities in an attempt to answer four questions:(1) what were the circumstances in which libraries were set alight? (2) who did this? (3) were libraries deliberately targeted or were they simply collateral damage? and (4) if libraries were deliberately targeted, what motivated this? A fifth question concerns how the South African library profession responded to these incidents. Using the burning of the Ratanda Library on 20 March 2012 as a case study, the article explores the response of the South African library profession to the incident. In an analysis of the content of contributions posted on the discussion list and website of the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA), four main groups of themes are identified. These concern expressions of revulsion, the impact of the incident, professional action, and underlying societal issues. The article concludes with some observations on the responses of the South African library community. 

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Irreparable Damage: Violence, Ownership, and Voice in an Indian Archive

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