The Archive as a Productive Space of Conflict

by Stuart Bailey

What are the processes that enable archives to become productive? Conventional archives tend to be defined through the content-specific accumulation of material, which conforms to an existing order or narrative. They rarely transform their structure. In contrast to this model of archival practice and preservation, the conflictual archive has an open framework in which it actively transforms itself, allowing for the creation of new and surprising...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934105864
• ISBN13: 9781934105863
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Sternberg Press
• Length: 730 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 5.9" x 8.7"