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collecting -> archiving ?

Rietveld theory class blog considering the relationship between collecting, archiving and the social ‘order’ implied by classification systems

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How The net is documenting a watershed Moment

Just who is collecting what is of great concern to Mr. Macdonald of the Museum of the City of New York. From mayoral papers to fliers of the missing, the artifacts from this event will be of potential interest to historians, he said, and ”it would be unfortunate if museums, libraries and archives viewed this as a competition.”

Leonie Oortgijsen

Tags: 09-11-01, 11-09-01, archiving, documenting, history, library, New York, New York Times, September11.archive.org, terrorist attack, tragedy

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