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Deceiving Dichotomies: On the Interrelation of the Archive and the Cultural Memory Canon
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This paper explores the conceptual relationship between archives and canonization by amending Aleida Assmann's cultural memory framework of Canon and Archive to consider ongoing debates in archival theory and practice. The process of ca...
Publication · September 09, 2026
Cultural Heritage Informatics
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This paper briefly traces the informational history and contemporary formalization of Cultural Heritage Informatics as a distinct domain within IS/LIS, motivated by recent calls for more critical, ethical, and community-oriented interro...
Publication · September 09, 2026
The documentality of memetic memory
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This paper connects memetics – the cultural study of ideas expressed across a plurality of artifacts – to perspectives on documentation. We theorize how memetics and documents share a common interest in accounting for cultural organiza...
Publication · September 09, 2026
Authenticity, performativity, and contextuality
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Introduction. What does authenticity mean in an era of disruptive technological change, decaying public trust, and cultural contestation? In response, this philosophical investigation reframes authenticity through the lenses of performa...
Publication · September 09, 2026
Trust Signals Under Uncertainty: Explaining Information Diffusion in Hyper-partisan Publics.
Publication · September 09, 2026
Disaggregating Civilian and Combatant Deaths in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Publication · September 09, 2026
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