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The Power of the Archive and its Limits
Achille Mbembe
- pp 19-27
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The term archive refers to a building, a symbol of a public institution, which is one of the organs of a constituted state However, by ‘archives’ is also understood a collection of documents, normally written documents, kept in this building as discussed by the authors.Abstract:
The term ‘archives’ first refers to a building, a symbol of a public institution, which is one of the organs of a constituted state However, by ‘archives’ is also understood a collection of documents — normally written documents — kept in this building There cannot therefore be a definition of ‘archives’ that does not encompass both the building itself and the documents stored thereread more
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