Beyond the Archives Research As a Lived Process

Name: Beyond the Archives Research As a Lived Process
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ISBN: 9780809328406

ISBN-10: 0809328402

ISBN-13: 9780809328406

Edition: 2008

Authors: Gesa E. Kirsch, Liz Rohan, Lucille M. Schultz, Barbara L'Eplattenier, Malea Powell

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This collection of highly readable essays reveals that research is not restricted to library archives. When researchers pursue information and perspectives from sources beyond the archives—from existing people and places— they are often rewarded with unexpected discoveries that enrich their research and their lives. Beyond the Archives: Research as a Lived Processpresents narratives that demystify and illuminate the research process by showing how personal experiences, family history, and scholarly research intersect. Editors Gesa E. Kirsch and Liz Rohan emphasize how important it is for researchers to tap into their passions, pursuing research subjects that attract their attention with…

Book details

List price: $39.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Publication date: 4/30/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 188
Size: 6.10" wide x 8.86" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Role of Serendipity, Family Connections, and Cultural Memory in Historical Research




When Serendipity, Creativity, and Place Come Into Play



The Accidental Archivist: Embracing Chance and Confusion in Historical Scholarship




Being on Location: Serendipity, Place, and Archival Research




Getting to Know Them: Concerning Research into Four Early Women Writers




Making Connections




When Personal Experience, Family History, and Research Subjects Intersect



Traces of the Familiar: Family Archives as Primary Source Material




The Biography of a Graveyard




In a Treeless Landscape: A Research Narrative




My Grandfather's Trunk




When Personal, Cultural, and Historical Memory Shape the Politics of the Archives



Colonial Memory, Colonial Research: A Preamble to a Case Study




Unbundling: Archival Research and Japanese American Communal Memory of U.S. Justice Department Internment, 1941-45




Mississippi on My Mind




Dreaming Charles Eastman: Cultural Memory, Autobiography, and Geography in Indigenous Rhetorical Histories




Cultural Memory and the Lesbian Archive




When the Lives of Our Research Subjects Parallel Our Own



"I See Dead People": Archive, Crypt, and an Argument for the Researcher's Sixth Sense




Stitching and Writing a Life




When Two Stories Collide, They Catch Fire




Stumbling in the Archives: A Tale of Two Novices



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