archivy
archivy noun: archival science.
Noun
archivy (uncountable)
- Archival science.
- But, while at times proponents of social justice write of it and activist archivy as if the former were simply an extension of the latter, I will argue that a social justice agenda represents both a difference in degree and a difference in kind from an activist agenda.2013, Mark A. Greene, “A Critique of Social Justice as an Archival Imperative: What Is It We’re Doing That’s All That Important?”, in The American Archivist, volume 76, number 2, →JSTOR, page 303
- In the discourses of archivy and broader discourses which have taken an archival turn in the last two decades, the word ‘archive’ has become invested with multiple meanings.2015, Verne Harris, “Hauntology, archivy and banditry: an engagement with Derrida and Zapiro”, in Critical Arts, volume 29, number supplement 1, →DOI, page 15
Origin of archivy
Coined by an unknown speaker at the first meeting of the Society of American Archivists in 1937.
Questions about archivy
- What does archivy mean?
- Archivy means archival science.
- What part of speech is archivy?
- Archivy is a noun.
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