Archives, records, and power: From (postmodern) theory to (archival) performance

This article is the continuation and conclusion of our introduction, as the guest editors, that appeared in the first of these two special issues ofArchival Science, which together are devoted to the theme, “Archives, Records, and Power.” It argues that, in performing their work, archivists follow a script that has been naturalized by the routine repetition of past practice. They act in ways that they anticipate their various audiences would...