Archiving Caribbean Identity: Records, Community, and Memory (Routledge Studies in Archives)

Archiving Caribbean Identity highlights the "Caribbeanization" of archives in the region, considering what those archives could include in the future and exploring the potential for new records in new formats.Interpreting records in the broadest sense, the 15 chapters in this volume explore a wide variety of records that represent new archival interpretations.The book is split into two parts, with the first part focusing on record forms that are not generally considered "archival" in traditional Western practice.The second part explores more "traditional" archival collections and demonstrates how these collections are analysed and presented from the perspective of Caribbean peoples.As a whole, the volume suggests how colonial records can be repurposed to surface Caribbean narratives.Reflecting on the unique challenges faced by developing countries as they approach their archives, the volume considers how to identify and archive records in the forms and formats that reflect the postcolo