Document Type
Article
Abstract
This literature review of archival ethnographies gives an overview of the methodology developments since the early 2000s. Its format renders homage to one of the most successful forms of archival representation: the finding aid. The template of a finding aid is used with a hyperlinked twist to render a live inventory of ethno-archival publications. Organized into "series levels," a collection of publications that use archival ethnography are identified based on four major themes: "Classical Archival Ethnography," "Informal Records," Archival Ethnography Along the Archival Grain," and "Constructing Archives." The finding aid on archival ethnographies should be useful for researchers interested in the evolution of the methodology, as well as for those interested in conducting ethnographic research in and about archives.
Repository Citation
Alcalá, Janet C.. "A Live Finding Aid of Archival Ethnographies." Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture vol. 16, no. 1, 2016, pp. 1–19. https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/reconstruction/vol16/iss1/3