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        1. …in reply to @ruthbrarian
          "There is often a “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” mentality prevalent within archival literature that warns archivists to learn the latest technology or risk extinction, which combines with the magical thinking that links professional development to employment stability" 👏🏻
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        "Contrary to Gauld’s claim that the “Age of Archival Ideas” has ended, I would argue that we are in a golden age of ideas—but that they are less about archives and more about archivists." 💯
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      "Much of the work on the meaning and future of archival labor has appeared in American nonacademic venues, and much of it is written by new professionals, many of whom are archivists of color.6"
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    "While perhaps this explains its invisibility to the academically situated authors[...], I would like to think that more than anything, the vibrant work on archival labor shows that the future of archival ideas is still flourishing"
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      "but it mostly exists outside of the gatekeeping boundaries of academic archival theory."
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