{"product_id":"crafting-history-archiving-and-the-quest-for-architectural-legacy-hardback-9781501751820","title":"Crafting History; Archiving and the Quest for Architectural Legacy (Hardback) 9781501751820","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCrafting History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eArchiving and the Quest for Architectural Legacy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlbena Yaneva (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501751820\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 November 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e252 pages, 20 b\u0026amp;w halftones - 20 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a book you want to hold in your hands and keep in your collection after reading.\u003c\/p\u003e (Arkitekturkultur) \u003cp\u003eOverall, this is a rich and detailed study which is clearly of value to students of architecture, architectural history, anthropology and archival science. There is also something here for the museum scholar: the book points to the epistemic nature of collecting and, through its granular study of the processes that act upon and form these collections, reveals the interventions and mediations of individuals in the shaping of knowledge. For those working in and researching all types of collecting and memory institutions there is much here that can inform and provide new insights into how such work forms the basis of learning, scholarship and research.\u003c\/p\u003e (Museum and Society) \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrafting History\u003c\/i\u003e is a meticulous and captivating study that makes a substantial methodological contribution and will resonate with students and scholars of architectural history and theory, institutions, the anthropology of knowledge, museum studies and related fields. Few scholars have studied with such proximity the tacit, practical systems of \"minor\" actors in architectural institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e (Architectural Theory Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat constitutes an archive in architecture?\u003c\/b\u003e What forms does it take? What epistemology does it perform? What kind of craft is archiving? \u003ci\u003eCrafting History\u003c\/i\u003e provides answers and offers insights on the ontological granularity of the archive and its relationship with architecture as a complex enterprise that starts and ends much beyond the act of building or the life of a creator. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this book we learn how objects are processed and catalogued, how a classification scheme is produced, how models and drawings are preserved, and how born-digital material battles time and technology obsolescence. We follow the work of conservators, librarians, cataloguers, digital archivists, museum technicians, curators, and architects, and we capture archiving in its mundane and practical course. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on ethnographic observation at the Canadian Centre for Architecture and interviews with a range of practitioners, including Álvaro Siza and Peter Eisenman, Albena Yaneva traces archiving through the daily work and care of all its participants, scrutinizing their variable ontology, scale, and politics. Yaneva addresses the strategies practicing architects employ to envisage an archive-based future and tells a story about how architectural collections are crafted so as to form the epistemological basis of architectural history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Secret Life of Architectural Objects\u003cbr\u003e 1. Archive Fevers\u003cbr\u003e 2. Architecture and the \"Fever\" of Archiving\u003cbr\u003e 3. A Morning in the Vaults\u003cbr\u003e 4. Opening the Crates\u003cbr\u003e 5. Politics of Care\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Plot of Archiving\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Life of an Old Floppy Disk\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Collections as Sites of Epistemological Reshuffle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607800082712,"sku":"9781501751820","price":85.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/crafting-history-archiving-and-the-quest-for-architectural-legacy-hardback-9781501751820","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}