Archival silences : missing, lost and, uncreated archives

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Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of figures List of tables Notes on contributors Introduction* Notes Bibliography Chapter 1: Theorising the silences Silences only exist when researchers in the archives notice them Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence The ending of silences does not always resolve issues The marginalised are not the only ones to suffer from silences Silencing has been part of government’s policies for millennia The textuality of archives can hide their meaning The real silence of the archive Conclusion Notes Bibliography Websites Chapter 2: What are silences?: The Australian example Cook and indigenous Australians Storytellers’ archives – silenced by definition Controlling the convict record The inevitable limits of Australia’s First World War record Patrick White’ self-silencing and the fruits of disobedience The silencing reality of established arrangements A silencing detention system Conclusion Notes Bibliography Chapter 3: Silent contemporary records: Access to the archive of the Special Investigation Commission in Iceland, 2010–2019 The background A small nation on a large island Big ambitions Facing national bankruptcy The Emergency Act October 2008 and the fall of the banks The Pots and Pans Revolution The Special Investigation Commission (SIC) and its findings Findings – what was the truth? Too rapid growth Negligence by politicians, bankers and auditors Lack of record management The archive of the commission Organizing the archive A new role for the National Archives Outsourced legal consulting Access to official information Inquires and requests of access to the SIC archive Laws and rules on access to the SIC archive The nature of the inquiries to the SIC archive The nature of the answers of the NAI Handling a request on access Who wants access? Private persons Researchers Journalists Prosecutors Insurance companies The Governmental Information Committee Verdicts of the Governmental Information Committee Court cases Conclusions Notes Bibliography Sources on the internet The archive of the National Archives of Iceland (NAI) Printed Chapter 4: Noises in the archives: Acknowledging the present yet silenced presence in Caribbean archival memory* Noises in the blood: an allegory of a society Documenting Rastafari Archival records on Rastafari Need for Rastafari voices Conclusion Notes Bibliography Websites Books and articles Chapter 5: Silenced and unsilenced memories: Archival fonds of Brazil’s political police, 1964–1985 Introduction Brazilian dictatorship in the Latin American context Rights reparation policy and archives Truth commissions and archives Final remarks Notes Bibliography Chapter 6: Uncovering archival silences through photographs and listening: Envisioning archives as a democratic space Marcos regime and its silences Listening to the silences through photographs Archives as a democratic space for the future Notes Bibliography Chapter 7: Silences in Malawi’s archives Introduction The African Lakes Corporation Records destroyed by termites and fire Records destroyed by cyclone Loss of records at district offices Loss of records at Native Authority level State creation of silences in the archives Exportation and destruction of archives Prohibition of access to the archive Institutional challenges Conclusion Notes Bibliography Central African Archives Chapter 8: Perceived silence in the Turkish archives: From the Ottoman Empire to modern republic Introduction The newly founded Ottoman state: War, fires and floods From state to empire: Centralisation, historical actors and reform Recordkeeping practices and legal framework Access to Turkish public records Conclusion Notes Bibliography Other sources Chapter 9: Silenced archives and archived voices: Archival resources for a history of post-independence India Notes Bibliography Websites Books and articles Chapter 10: The voices of children and adolescents in the archives Punishment in primary schools 1829–1906 Officials’ assessment of children as witnesses Mistreatment of school children during 16 years Reluctance to recognise abuse The voice of an angry mother Violence against children in the heyday of the nuclear family, 1945–1960 Contacting the police Overlooked victims? The positions of children in cases of domestic dispute Children as victims Children as informants Children as participants Children as shadow agents Police discretion Conclusion Notes Bibliography Books and articles Websources Chapter 11: Diaries and silence Silences from without: The problem of institutional and professionally imposed silences Silences within diaries Personal and introspective Regular and frequent Honesty and frankness Secrecy and privacy Self-writing and interpretation as an ‘exercise’ Notes Bibliography Chapter 12: Filling the gaps Introduction The paradox of tyranny Exploring other resources Critical reading Rebel and rogue archives Rebel archives Rogue archives What can archives do? Be bolder Be more unruly Conclusion Notes Bibliography Websites Afterword: Tales from the sometimes ‘silent’ archives Notes Bibliography Printed Works Manuscripts Index