Radical Trust: Access Services and Archives Engaged in Carceral Collecting
Access services policies at academic archives in the United States are, in many ways, informed by carceral logics. This essay explores the ethical implications of upholding such policies for academic archives engaged in the growing realm of carceral collecting. Drawing from sources in trauma theory,...
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| description | Access services policies at academic archives in the United States are, in many ways, informed by carceral logics. This essay explores the ethical implications of upholding such policies for academic archives engaged in the growing realm of carceral collecting. Drawing from sources in trauma theory, abolitionist and Black feminism, and critical race theory... goal of making archives documenting the history of incarceration and abolitionist thought and action accessible to the individuals for whom the material is most urgently needed to expedite their liberation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6b64198f8a564e5fbae0222ac323158e2025-08-20T03:11:15ZengIn the Library with the Lead PipeIn the Library with the Lead Pipe1944-61952025-02-0111701Radical Trust: Access Services and Archives Engaged in Carceral CollectingMadeleine MurphyAccess services policies at academic archives in the United States are, in many ways, informed by carceral logics. This essay explores the ethical implications of upholding such policies for academic archives engaged in the growing realm of carceral collecting. Drawing from sources in trauma theory, abolitionist and Black feminism, and critical race theory... goal of making archives documenting the history of incarceration and abolitionist thought and action accessible to the individuals for whom the material is most urgently needed to expedite their liberation.https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2025/radical-trust/academic librariesaccess servicesarchivescollectionsethicsincarceration |
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| title | Radical Trust: Access Services and Archives Engaged in Carceral Collecting |
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| title_short | Radical Trust: Access Services and Archives Engaged in Carceral Collecting |
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