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ARCHIVAL SENSE-MAKING: PERSONAL DIGITAL ARCHIVING AS AN ITERATION AMELIA ABREU, ISCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MARK MATIENZO, YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY PDA 2011, FEBRUARY 25, 2011
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Archival Sensemaking: Personal Digital Archiving as an Iteration

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Amelia Abreu and Mark Matienzo's talk at the Personal Digital Archiving Conference on February 25, 2011, at the Internet Archive.
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Page 1: Archival Sensemaking: Personal Digital Archiving as an Iteration

ARCHIVAL SENSE-MAKING: PERSONAL DIGITAL ARCHIVING AS AN ITERATION

AMELIA ABREU, ISCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

MARK MATIENZO, YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

PDA 2011, FEBRUARY 25, 2011

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OVERVIEW• Introduce archival sensemaking and frame within the

context of appraisal and archivalization

• Examine the contexts of archival sensemaking in the contemporary media environment

• Examine the limits of sensemaking in personal digital archiving

• Set forth an agenda for examining sensemaking in Personal Digital Archives

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INTRODUCTION• Understanding archival sensemaking as situated action

• Archivalization as conscious or unconscious decision process whether something is worth archiving

• Sensemaking as theoretical guidelines for our analysis

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HOW DOES SENSEMAKING TAKE PLACE IN PERSONAL DIGITAL ARCHIVES?

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COLLECTIONS AND ACTS OF COLLECTING

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ARCHIVAL GENRES

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GENRES OF PERSONAL DIGITAL ARCHIVES

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LIMITS OF SENSEMAKING AS APPLIED TO PERSONAL DIGITAL ARCHIVES

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THE {UN|SUB}CONSCIOUS ARCHIVAL ACT

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ARCHIVAL SENSEMAKING AS A LIFE-LONG PROCESS

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CONCEPTUALIZING PRODUCTS & PROCESSES IN ARCHIVAL SENSEMAKING

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INCORPORATING APPRAISAL

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Digital Geographies

Re-considering Appraisal

CONCLUSION

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THANK YOU

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