concepts, ideas

I think many of the concepts and ideas in this article apply broadly to the theory and practice of archival ethnography. Again, this article builds on previous assigned readings, and raises more questions and considerations for archival ethnography than perhaps offers concrete guidelines for archiving anthropological assets. One of the assertions of this article that I found especially compelling was that an archive is never finished/fixed, that an archive is both alive and “haunted” through creation, immersion, new questions, and dispersal. The authors introduced the term “multi-inhabited” to describe how archives are animated and spirited, never embodying a single-voiced or single-bodied. And that even the singular “body” of an archive may defy its intended purpose and gives way to many experiences and voices. Additionally, the use of multimodal techniques in archival installations may invigorate the archive, body of work, and assets by lifting tensions and reaching a broader audience.