{"product_id":"hugh-a-taylors-life-and-the-redefinition-of-the-archival-universe-9781835710272","title":"Hugh a. Taylor's life and the Redefinition of the Archival Universe","description":"\u003cp\u003eArchival theory in the English-speaking world has a long and varied history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile today, archival theory is permeated with postmodern ideas and philosophies, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eborrowing from fields as diverse as anthropology and computer science, even just a few\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edecades ago, this was far from the case. In the 1960s and 1970s, and to some extent the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1980s, archival theory served more as a professional guide to best practices and \"how to\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emethodology. This transition was pioneered and strongly influenced by the imaginative\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand thought-provoking essays of Hugh Alexander Taylor, an English-born Canadian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003earchivist who developed a worldview that positioned archives at centre stage. Taylor was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eable to do so as a result of his fascination with the works of the media theorist, Marshall\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcLuhan, whose ideas Taylor found directly applicable to archives and archival theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Areeb Irshad","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50838682239250,"sku":"9781835710272","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ba787095-1743-4f9b-b9e1-483c07c080fd.jpg?v=1740416500","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hugh-a-taylors-life-and-the-redefinition-of-the-archival-universe-9781835710272","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}