Hugh a. Taylor's life and the Redefinition of the Archival Universe

By Jarad Buckwold

Archival theory in the English-speaking world has a long and varied history.

While today, archival theory is permeated with postmodern ideas and philosophies,

borrowing from fields as diverse as anthropology and computer science, even just a few

decades ago, this was far from the case. In the 1960s and 1970s, and to some extent the

1980s, archival theory served more as a professional guide to best practices and "how to"

methodology. This transition was pioneered and strongly influenced by the imaginative

and thought-provoking essays of Hugh Alexander Taylor, an English-born Canadian

archivist who developed a worldview that positioned archives at centre stage. Taylor was

able to do so as a result of his fascination with the works of the media theorist, Marshall

McLuhan, whose ideas Taylor found directly applicable to archives and archival theory.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1835710271
• ISBN13: 9781835710272
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Areeb Irshad
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"