Sexton, Anna; (2023) Archival Education and Professionalism. In: Prescott, Andrew and Wiggins, Alison, (eds.) Archives Power, Truth and Fiction. (pp. 121-133). Oxford University Press (OUP): Oxford, UK.

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Abstract

Using the Masters in Archives and Records Management at University College London as a case in point, this chapter seeks to problematize the origin stories that are told within professional recordkeeping education in the United Kingdom. By tracing how the concept of impartiality is explored within the UCL MA programme, this chapter problematizes the White Eurocentric lens through which key conceptual and theoretical underpinnings are introduced, while seeking to highlight the affective impact this can have on the student’s lived experience of the curriculum. Through this exploration, the author argues for a re-envisioning of how the anchor points of archival theory are taught and introduced within archive education in the UK, with a more thorough de-centring of concepts such as impartiality and the development of a curriculum that pays respect and gives space to long-standing archival traditions, concepts, and practices that currently remain sidelined and unseen in the traditional professional canon.

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