Ideas, Framing and Power
Reading through the history of Centro I am struck by the tensions that characterize its inception. The tensions around who is involved in the formation for a ‘Center for Puerto Rican Studies’,...
View ArticleReflective on Archives and Archival Work
Since I began to research for my doctoral dissertation on the Mexican Revolution and the railroads I have become aware of the importance and the value of archives. While defining my research question I...
View ArticleUsing the Archive to Highlight Subjugated Knowledges
When Hernandez states, “Though I was academically trained as a historian, it was my personal journey to New York that turned me into an archivist,” we get a sense that the archive embodies the process...
View ArticleThe Archives, Spock, and the Public
Hi JS and Edwin, [this was originally going to be a comment on J Scag's post and Edwin's comment] You both brought up issues that I’ve been thinking about lately. One, we talked about more on...
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