Community Archives, Community Spaces: Heritage, Memory and Identity

Edited by Jeannette A. Bastian and Andrew Flinn

In the last few decades, the community archives movement has become an important area of research, recognition, and appreciation by archivists, archival scholars. and others worldwide. This book traces the trajectory of the community archives movement, expanding the definition of community archives to include sites such as historical societies, social movement organizations, and community centers. It also explores new definitions of what community archives might encompass, particularly in relation to disciplines outside the archives.

Community Archives, Community Spaces: Heritage, Memory and Identity

Community archives are now seen as being in the vanguard of social concerns, markers of community-based activism, a participatory approach exemplifying the ongoing evolution of "professional" archival (and heritage) practice and integral to the ability of people to articulate and assert their identity.