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“An archive presuposes an archivist”. That is where the thought about the agency of the archivist can be developed. The archivist has the needed agency to decide on the purpose and predestined longevity of the archive. I would like to dip into longevity first. In that respect there seems to be at least two ways to archive. First is archiving for a
... See moreHospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity's Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism
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community-archive.org“The division of the world into intrinsically opposed hordes and swarms attacks the very notion of shared humanity. I refuse to indulge in the despair that accepts the logic of the enemies of mankind."
Miniminuteman’s outro to his Pompeii video:
... See moreWhile all of these are reasons that this story matters,I believe that there is one reason that eclipses all of them, and that is that it tries to honor the true story of this event. It is very easy for us to look at these plaster casts like they're some kind of artifact, a sculpture or a reproduction that
This, in a nutshell, is the ascent of humanity that Jacob Bronowski was referring to in his classic The Ascent of Man, after which the present volume is ironically named.
