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.
Latest Publications
Affordance Trajectories and the Usefulness of Online Records Access among Older Adults in Sweden
Huvila, I. ., Rexhepi, H. ., Moll, J. ., Zolbin, M. G., Blease, C. ., Bärkås, A. ., … Kharko, A. . (2024). Affordance Trajectories and the Usefulness of Online Records Access among Older Adults in Sweden. Digital Health, 10, 20552076241287354. http://doi.org/10.1177/20552076241287354
Researching Informational Technologies of Trust: From Blockchain to Paradata and Digital Archives
Huvila, I. ., Lemieux, V. ., Sköld, O. ., & Donaldson, D. . (2024). Researching Informational Technologies of Trust: From Blockchain to Paradata and Digital Archives. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 61(1), 774–779. http://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.1099
Empowering through Digital Skills: A Case of Alumni in the Business Services Sector
Deja, M. ., Bobkowski, P. ., Huvila, I. ., & Mierzecka, A. . (2024). Empowering through Digital Skills: A Case of Alumni in the Business Services Sector. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 75, 1288–1303. http://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24890
Perspectives on Paradata: Research and Practice of Documenting Data Processes
Huvila, I. ., Andersson, L. ., & Sköld, O. . (Eds.). (2024). Perspectives on Paradata: Research and Practice of Documenting Data Processes. Cham: Springer. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53946-6
An Introduction to Paradata
Andersson, L. ., Huvila, I. ., & Sköld, O. . (2024). An Introduction to Paradata. In I. . Huvila, L. . Andersson, & O. . Sköld (Eds.) (Vol. 13, pp. 1–14). Cham: Springer. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53946-6_1