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Distortion of Content and Endangered Archives: A Case Study of a Donation to the American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: This paper aims to shed light on the challenges related to locating and accessing archival sources on Lebanon and tries to demonstrate the way political, administrative, and ethnic history can determine and justify their availability locally and regionally. It explores the various regimes that have influenced the shaping of the history of Lebanon and that have left a written legacy and archival collection related to that history.

Source: RBM A Journal of Rare Books Manuscripts and Cultural Heritage

DOI: 10.5860/rbm.18.1.14

Author: Mariette Atallah

Institutions: Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Sorbonne Université, American University of Beirut

Language: English

Topic: Digital and Traditional Archives Management

Subfield: Conservation

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W2614854669

FWCI: 2.394

Cites: 2

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10