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Archives for Maintaining Community and Society in the Digital Age

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Editors:
  1. Keiji Fujiyoshi

    1. Faculty of Sociology, Otemon Gakuin University, Ibaraki City, Japan

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  • Explores various aspects of archives that have significant roles to keep community and society vibrant
  • Identifies the importance of archives in a democratic society in relation to the separation of powers
  • Shows how archives serve as an indispensable basis of the constitution of groups at a variety of levels

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Political Science (BRIEFSPOLITICAL)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Archives for Maintaining Community and Society in the Digital Age: An Introductory Essay

    • Keiji Fujiyoshi
    Pages 1-12

  3. Archives in Parliament: Democratic Role of the Japanese National Diet Library

    • Junta Okada
    Pages 13-20

  4. Citizen Activities and Accountability: Changing Organizations and Reconstruction of Archives

    • Tadaaki Fujitani
    Pages 21-28

  5. Business Archives: Collective Memory and Selective Approach

    • Vrunda Pathare
    Pages 29-38

  6. Search for Missing Links Between Records Management and Business Administration

    • Kazuhito Isomura
    Pages 39-47

  7. Transitional Justice Strategies of the National State and Its Archivization: A Study on Liquidation of the Past History of the Jeju April 3 Events

    • Sungman Koh
    Pages 49-60

  8. Pluralizing the Archive

    • Anne J. Gilliland, Andrew J. Lau, Sue McKemmish
    Pages 61-70

  9. Runners in an “Endless Relay”: A Brief Custodial History of the Archives of a Residents’ Movement in Japan

    • Izumi Hirano
    Pages 71-79

  10. Current Situation of Ecclesiastic Archives in Transylvania, Romania: Legal Situation and Political Debates

    • Artur-Lorand Lakatos
    Pages 81-87

  11. Regulation of the Female Body in Japanese Society and Its Transformation Through Globalization: From Reigi-Saho to Image Control

    • Nanako Hayami
    Pages 89-98

  12. Simmel in the Archive: On the Conflict of Late Modern Culture

    • Natàlia Cantó-Milà
    Pages 99-112
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This book explores how a society accepts and utilizes a system of archives to improve the quality of people’s lives at each level of community, organization, and government. This is the first book that examines the political, economic, and social background that has prevented the development of archival systems in Japan in comparison with other societies of different cultures such as the United States, Romania, India, and Korea. An archival system is an indispensable tool to live in the present and create a future by sharing an understanding of the past. For that reason, this book considers what “respecting the past” means from the point of view that people experience in their workplace to reconcile tragic experiences such as conflict, injustice, or corruption. Then the book shows how a system of archives plays a significant role in a democratic society because it serves as a foundation of evidence-based decision making for a specific group or the public. Thus, this volume provides guidance for ways that a society can build a common understanding of the importance of sharing the past to maintain community and society.

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  • Faculty of Sociology, Otemon Gakuin University, Ibaraki City, Japan

    Keiji Fujiyoshi

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Keiji Fujiyoshi, Faculty of Sociology, Otemon Gakuin University

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