The impact of digital technology on archival science |
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Authors: | Luciana Duranti |
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Affiliation: | (1) University of British Columbia, V6T 1Z1 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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Abstract: | Archival science is to be regarded as a system. The properties of that system can be investigated and integrated. The methodology
to do so has been tested in two research projects which are presented in this article as examples of the way in which the
view of archival science as a system supports the development of new knowledge and as a demonstration of the stability of
archival theory.
This article presupposes that the archival discipline is also a “science”. Many have argued against the idea on the basis
of a common perception that a science is a type of study entirely objective by virtue of the rigorous manner in which it is
carried out and the restricted range of topics to which it applies. In fact, the activity of science is based upon a complex
framework of assumptions that make it possible for the landscape of the scientific endeavour to be redrawn over time, and,
while striving towards objectivity, considers it to be an unattainable ideal. |
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Keywords: | archival science diplomatics electronic records paradigm shift system theory |
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