Unruly Practice: Critically Evaluating the Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives

Autor/inn/en	Comer, Kathryn; Harker, Michael; McCorkle, Ben
Titel	Unruly Practice: Critically Evaluating the Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives
Quelle	In: Across the Disciplines, 18 (2021) 1-2, S.201-216 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1554-8244
Schlagwörter	Personal Narratives; Literacy; Archives; Access to Information; Ethics; Power Structure + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Erlebniserzählung; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Archivwesen; Archiv; Ethik
Abstract	This essay critically analyzes the Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives (DALN), an online public collection of over 8,000 personal accounts related to literacy and learning. Intentionally designed to be somewhat unruly, the DALN's collaborative collection and participatory curation of self-representations can also be understood as an experiment in critical archival practice. Through that lens, this article explores the ongoing challenges of open access and ethical curation in the hybrid academic, public, community-engaged DALN: How do technological and administrative infrastructures shape the power dynamics of open digital archives? Reflecting on its evolution, the authors examine the DALN's processes and back-end design through key issues of provenance, custody, representation, and usability. This case study demonstrates how project infrastructure is inextricable from values, with implications for the study and practice of other unruly critical archives. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01