Archive Fever

Please allow 6 working days to process before shipping11oz Mug - Cream - Ironstone Ceramic What is an archive?  Who are archives for? What are some examples of different kinds of archives? What are the limits to an archive, whether physical, or figurative? What are the differences and similarities between institutional/historical/personal/community archives? What responsibility is in the hands of those creating the archive?  How can the archives serve the future? “There is no political power without control of the archive, if not of memory. Effective democratization can always be measured by this essential criterion: the participation in and the access to the archive, its constitution, and its interpretation.” -Derrida, Archive Fever   In Archive Fever, Jacques Derrida guides us through an extended meditation on remembrance, religion, time, and technology, fruitfully occasioned by a deconstructive analysis of the notion of archiving. This difficult essay, originally a lecture deliv