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Article
Looking Outward: Archival Research as Community Engagement
Community Literacy Journal
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2017
Disciplines
Abstract
This article examines archival research as a generative community literacy practice. Through the example of a community-based project centered on archival research, I examine the increased possibility the archives hold as a site for rhetorical invention based on collaboration that includes contemporary community members and the recovered rhetoric of historical figures. I argue that archival research as community literacy practice creates conditions for a communal form of literacy sponsorship and offer a framework for approaching the archives.
Copyright Statement
This document was originally published in Community Literacy Journal by Community Literacy Journal. Copyright restrictions may apply.
Citation Information
Whitney Douglas. "Looking Outward: Archival Research as Community Engagement" Community Literacy Journal (2017) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/whitney_douglas/8/