Crafting history : archiving and the quest for architectural legacy /
Yaneva, Albena,
Crafting history : archiving and the quest for architectural legacy / Albena Yaneva. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource (238 pages) : illustrations. - Expertise: cultures and technologies of knowledge .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: The Secret Life of Architectural Objects -- Archive Fevers -- Architecture and the "Fever" of Archiving -- A Morning in the Vaults -- Opening the Crates -- Fear of Time, Fear of Insects -- The Plot of Archiving -- The Life of an Old Floppy Disk -- Conclusion: Collections as Sites of Epistemological Anxiety.
"Following the daily routines of collecting and record keeping at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Albena Yaneva tells the story of how the nature of architectural archives reflects the nature of design as a collective endeavor in which archivists, librarians, editors, curators, digital humanists, and conservators all play a role. She also makes an argument about the importance of architectural archive-making as an index of the cultural position of design in contemporary societies"--
9781501751844 9781501751837
2020004384
Anthropology--Philosophy.
Architecture--Philosophy.
Architecture and anthropology.
Archives--Philosophy.
Material culture--Social aspects.
Design--Social aspects.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Information organization--Social aspects.
Electronic Books.
GN33 / .C734 2020
Crafting history : archiving and the quest for architectural legacy / Albena Yaneva. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource (238 pages) : illustrations. - Expertise: cultures and technologies of knowledge .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: The Secret Life of Architectural Objects -- Archive Fevers -- Architecture and the "Fever" of Archiving -- A Morning in the Vaults -- Opening the Crates -- Fear of Time, Fear of Insects -- The Plot of Archiving -- The Life of an Old Floppy Disk -- Conclusion: Collections as Sites of Epistemological Anxiety.
"Following the daily routines of collecting and record keeping at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Albena Yaneva tells the story of how the nature of architectural archives reflects the nature of design as a collective endeavor in which archivists, librarians, editors, curators, digital humanists, and conservators all play a role. She also makes an argument about the importance of architectural archive-making as an index of the cultural position of design in contemporary societies"--
9781501751844 9781501751837
2020004384
Anthropology--Philosophy.
Architecture--Philosophy.
Architecture and anthropology.
Archives--Philosophy.
Material culture--Social aspects.
Design--Social aspects.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Information organization--Social aspects.
Electronic Books.
GN33 / .C734 2020