Description: Providing examples of successful approaches to unsettling Western archival paradigms from Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia, this book showcases vital community archival work that will illuminate decolonial archival practices for archivists, curators, heritage practitioners, and others responsible for the stewardship of materials by and about Indigenous communities.
Brief description:
Krista McCracken is an award winning public historian and archivist. They work as a Researcher/Curator at Algoma University's Arthur A. Wishart Library and Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre, in Baawating (Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe and Métis people. Krista's research focuses on community archives, Residential Schools, access, and outreach. Krista is an editor of the popular Canadian history website Activehistory.ca. In 2020, they won the best article in Indigenous History prize awarded by the Canadian Historical Association's Indigenous History Group for their article "Challenging Colonial Spaces: Reconciliation and Decolonizing Work in Canada's Archives."
Review Quotes: "The provision of journal articles, reports, project guides, books and institutions, such as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, offers readers a foundation of starting sources to make their mark in a discipline that is wrestling with the power-play between tradition and modernization. Integrating and using Indigenous worldviews in the collection is the most enlightening and engaging section of the book. For those who need clear guidelines, in the last pages, a suggested list of steps to start learning how to serve the needs of Indigenous people is provided ... From undergraduate students to those who are currently undertaking professional development after years in the stacks, Decolonial Archival Futures is a great book for those moments when a project needs to be created, or readjusted, to centralize issues like the sovereignty and agency of marginalized communities, especially Indigenous cohorts. The careful merger of futuristic ambition and real-world experience makes this a valuable text for those engaging on a regular basis with settler-colonial historical records."
-- Australian Policy and History