Michelle Caswell|Alda Allina Migoni|Noah Geraci|Marika Cifor
‘To Be Able to Imagine Otherwise’: community archives and the importance of representation
University of California, Los Angeles|University of California, Los Angeles|University of California, Los Angeles|University of California, Los Angeles
data gleaned semistructured interviews 17 community archives founders volunteers staff 12 sites southern california paper develops new tripartite framework understanding ontological epistemological social impact community archives throughout reflects ways communities marginalized race ethnicity class sexuality gender political position experience profoundly negative affective consequences absence misrepresentation mainstream media archives calls symbolic annihilation positive effect complex autonomous forms representation communitydriven archives terms representational belonging