Of space, time, and the archives between: the life of Hugh A. Taylor and the redefinition of the archival cosmos

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dc.contributor.authorBuckwold, Jarad
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeBak, Greg (History) Eyford, Ryan (History, University of Winnipeg) Buddle, Kathleen (Anthropology)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorNesmith, Thomas (History)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-13T22:14:32Z
dc.date.available2016-09-13T22:14:32Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.degree.disciplineHistoryen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
dc.description.abstractWhile today, archival theory is permeated with postmodern ideas and philosophies, borrowing from fields as diverse as anthropology and computer science, even just a few decades ago, this was far from the case. This transition was pioneered and strongly influenced by the imaginative and thought-provoking essays of Hugh Taylor, a Canadian archivist who developed a worldview that positioned archives and archivists at centre stage. Taylor was able to do so as a result of his fascination with the works of the media theorist, Marshall McLuhan, whose ideas Taylor found directly applicable to archives and archival theory. This thesis examines the mental state of Hugh Taylor throughout his life and how this mental state shaped his revolutionary concepts, which delved into epistemology and metaphysics, placing archives at the centre of a universal network of connections. These concepts would go on to drastically change archival theory to what it is today.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2016en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/31725
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectArchivesen_US
dc.subjectCosmicen_US
dc.subjectPhilosophyen_US
dc.subjectBiographyen_US
dc.subjectEpistemologyen_US
dc.subjectOntologyen_US
dc.subjectMetaphysicsen_US
dc.subjectArchives of Albertaen_US
dc.subjectArchives of New Brunswicken_US
dc.subjectArchives of Nova Scotiaen_US
dc.subjectLibrary and Archives Canadaen_US
dc.subjectArchival theoryen_US
dc.subjectRecordsen_US
dc.subjectOralityen_US
dc.subjectMarshall McLuhanen_US
dc.titleOf space, time, and the archives between: the life of Hugh A. Taylor and the redefinition of the archival cosmosen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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