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Remembering is a form of honouring: preserving the COVID-19 archival record
Remembering is a form of honouring: preserving the COVID-19 archival record
- Source :
- FACETS, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 545-568 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Canadian Science Publishing, 2021.
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Abstract
- COVID-19 presents an opportunity to preserve a rich and diverse historical record—one intended to honour all experiences and voices and in recognition of ongoing systemic inequalities shaping the pandemic. But policy changes are necessary in three key areas: how memory institutions are funded and supported, the gaps in our capacity to preserve the digital records that reflect how we communicate with one another today, and how to preserve and make accessible valuable scholarly research into the societal impact of COVID-19. Our goal is to begin a conversation about priorities for archival preservation, the need for greater equity and justice in our preservation practices, and ways to safeguard the existence of historical records that will allow us in future to bear witness, with fairness and truth and in a spirit of reconciliation, to our society’s response to COVID-19.
- Subjects :
- 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
History
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Science
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
canada
pandemics
Education
memory
Pandemic
heritage policy
0601 history and archaeology
archives
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Multidisciplinary
05 social sciences
06 humanities and the arts
Genealogy
Honour
060105 history of science, technology & medicine
history
0509 other social sciences
050904 information & library sciences
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 23711671
- Volume :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- FACETS
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f9e8a7463c4ba2b45c84b46e9be8bfb3
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2020-0115