Archives of the north, by the north, for the north: the meaning, value, and challenges of creating, keeping and running archives in the Canadian territories

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dc.contributor.authorCarrie, Jason Derek
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeThorpe, Jocelyn (Women's & Gender Studies)en_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeBaader, Benjamin (Historyen_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeErin Suliak (NWT Archives)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorBak, Greg (History)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-15T20:54:42Z
dc.date.available2020-07-15T20:54:42Z
dc.date.copyright2020-07-14
dc.date.issued2020en_US
dc.date.submitted2020-07-15T00:11:22Zen_US
dc.degree.disciplineHistoryen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
dc.description.abstractArchives in the Canadian territories are meaningful, valuable and needed in the north. Archives’ meaning and value derive from their ability to be used to influence power, to defend rights, and to document political movements which necessitates their existence and accessibility. Yet, northern archives have, and continue to face, numerous challenges which include geography, retention and repatriation of archival records, infrastructure, education, professional development opportunities, staff retention, languages, and finances. As one form of social memory, territorial archives emerged in the 1970s to manage the records created in the north and to stem the flow of archival records south. Since then, a growing number of archives and archives councils have been established in the north to manage and care for northern archival records. This thesis examines the literature on place, value and meaning of archives and uses it to argue why archives are needed in the north. I use the Native Press photograph collection at the Northwest Territories Archives as a case study to compare the identified challenges and explore how the digitization and description project underscores the value and meaning of archives and archival records of the north, by the north, and for the north.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2020en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/34783
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectArchivesen_US
dc.subjectCanadian Northen_US
dc.subjectNorthern Archivesen_US
dc.subjectParticipatory Descriptionen_US
dc.subjectNative Pressen_US
dc.subjectNative Communication Societyen_US
dc.subjectNorthwest Territories Archivesen_US
dc.titleArchives of the north, by the north, for the north: the meaning, value, and challenges of creating, keeping and running archives in the Canadian territoriesen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
local.subject.manitobayesen_US
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