ArchivesNext raised a number of interesting points about the nature of participation in a participatory archive in a thought provoking blog post on building participatory archives. A somewhat typical emphasis in the discussion has been the novelty of letting 'ordinary' people in to have a say. The participation may be and has been suggested to be more or less radical from a rather controlled efforts to basically uncontrolled ones. ArchivesNext raises an important issue, I think, by underlining the role of an archivist as a participant. Participation is very limited if it is conceived as letting some others to play with (some of) my toys in my sandbox and not reaching out for the toys of other people in their own sandboxes. The same emphasis of reciprocity might be extended to institutions 8or archives within institutions) and considering how an archive might participate and be an active, perhaps actively radical and radically active participant in their traditional and non-traditional contexts.
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Latest Publications
Regimes of Participation: Theorising Participatory Archives from the Outset of Archivists Views on Archival Institutions and User Participation in Scandinavia
(2024). Regimes of Participation: Theorising Participatory Archives from the Outset of Archivists Views on Archival Institutions and User Participation in Scandinavia. Information Research, 29, 121-146. http://doi.org/10.47989/ir291539 (Original work published mar)
. On Infrastructural Speculation
(2023). On Infrastructural Speculation. Current Swedish Archaeology, 31, 39-42. http://doi.org/10.37718/CSA.2023.02
. My Personal Doctor Will Not Be Replaced with Any Robot Service! : Older Adults Experiences with Personal Health Information and eHealth Services
(2024). My Personal Doctor Will Not Be Replaced with Any Robot Service! : Older Adults Experiences with Personal Health Information and eHealth Services. In S. Kurbanoğlu, Špiranec, S., Boustany, J., Ünal, Y., Sencan, I., Kos, D., et al. (Eds.), European Conference on Information Literacy (pp. 145-157). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53001-2_13
. Conceptualizing Data Needs within Contexts of Data Discoverability and Reuse: A Study of Environmental and Social Scientists
(2023). Conceptualizing Data Needs within Contexts of Data Discoverability and Reuse: A Study of Environmental and Social Scientists. In IST23 Conference: Information Science Perspectives to Documenting Processes and Practices. Uppsala: ASIS&T European Chapter. http://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.7937097 (Original work published may)
. Users Experiences With Online Access to Electronic Health Records in Mental and Somatic Health Care: Cross-Sectional Study
(2023). Users Experiences With Online Access to Electronic Health Records in Mental and Somatic Health Care: Cross-Sectional Study. Journal Of Medical Internet Research, 25, e47840. http://doi.org/10.2196/47840 (Original work published dec)
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