Looking Outward: Archival Research as Community Engagement

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Abstract

This article examines archival research as a generative community literacy practice. Through the example of a community-based project centered on archival research, I examine the increased possibility the archives hold as a site for rhetorical invention based on collaboration that includes contemporary community members and the recovered rhetoric of historical figures. I argue that archival research as community literacy practice creates conditions for a communal form of literacy sponsorship and offer a framework for approaching the archives.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalEnglish Literature Faculty Publications and Presentations
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2017

Keywords

  • archives
  • collaboration
  • invention
  • meaning-making
  • solidarity
  • sponsorship

EGS Disciplines

  • English Language and Literature

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