num_pages: 466
description: Grounded in historical and social theory, this analysis of the power of archives and the role of archivists in society calls for renewed emphasis on remembrance, evidence, and documentation as a means of securing open government, accountability, diversity, and social justice, within an archival ethics of professional and societal responsibility.
language: English
title: Archives Power: Memory, Accountability, and Social Justice
publisher: Society of American Archivists