Derikartz, CelineCelineDerikartzFink, XeniaXeniaFinkHeckler, RonRonHecklerHeintze, LindaLindaHeintzeSchreiner, Marie-LuiseMarie-LuiseSchreinerPianto, IsabellaIsabellaPiantoPaez, MonicaMonicaPaezSchuffert, FilipFilipSchuffertSchulz, LouisaLouisaSchulzStoller, LaraLaraStollerLinebaugh, RileySeverin-Barboutie, Bettina2022-08-192022-08-192022-08-19https://jlupub.ub.uni-giessen.de/handle/jlupub/4605http://dx.doi.org/10.22029/jlupub-4195This book is the result of the advanced seminar, “Archives: Gatekeepers to the Past?” taught by Riley Linebaugh and Bettina Severin-Barboutie at Justus Liebig University in winter 2020-21. The course examined archives as dynamic institutions, practices and relationships that are (re-)constructed over time. We critically studied key terms such as provenance, appraisal, respect des fonds and in doing so, students discussed central debates in the historical discipline, such as: the making of archival absence, the problem of hegemonic perspectives, the pursuit of alternative sources, etc. Envisaged as a teaching resource and introduction to archives, this guide documents the authors’ engagement with the political and historiographical power of archives and those who guard them.Acknowledgements<br> List of Contributors<br> <a href=https://doi.org/10.22029/jlupub-6203>Riley Linebaugh & Bettina Severin-Barboutie: Introduction: Teaching the Archive</a><br> <a href=https://doi.org/10.22029/jlupub-6204>Celine Derikartz, Isabella Pianto and Filip Schuffert: The Astonishing Career of the Archive</a><br> <a href=https://doi.org/10.22029/jlupub-6205>Heintze, Linda: Keep(ing) the archive dynamic</a><br> <a href=https://doi.org/10.22029/jlupub-6206>Marie-Luise Schreiner and Mónica Páez-Sierra: Archives and their Actor Networks</a><br> <a href=https://doi.org/10.22029/jlupub-6207>Schulz, Louisa and Lara Stoller: Plural, Changeable and Dynamic: Values of the Archive</a><br> Xenia Fink and Ron Heckler: Outlook<br> BibliographyenAttribution 4.0 InternationalArchivesArchival HistoryHistoryHistoriographyPublic Historyddc:020ddc:900Gatekeepers to the Past? An Archival Guide