The impact of independent community archives

Conference papers & results

Conference papers presenting the project

 

November 2023 – Poznań, Poland

Conference: Zarządzanie informacją w archiwum, bibliotece i muzeum – stare i nowe wyzwania (Information management in archives, libraries, and museums)

Organizers: Department of Archival Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań; State Archives in Poznań; Polish Academy of Sciences, Kórnik Library

Presentation: Community archives: outreach – impact – research (Archiwa społeczne: działania w przestrzeni publicznej – oddziaływanie – badania) 

Conference presentation available for download - here (in Polish)

Author: M. Wiśniewska-Drewniak

 

December 2023 – Kraków, Poland

Conference: II Zaduszki Archiwalne (2nd Archival All Souls’ Day)

Organizers: Instytut Historii i Archiwistyki Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie oraz Archiwum Narodowe w Krakowie

Presentation: The impact of independent community archives – introduction to the research project (online) (Oddziaływanie niezależnych archiwów społecznych – wprowadzenie do projektu)

Conference presentation available for download - here (in Polish)

Author: M. Wiśniewska-Drewniak

 

October 2024 - Riga, Latvia

Conference: International Conference “Archives of Traditional Culture:
100 + 10”

Organizers: Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia (ILFA)

Presentation: Oral History—Oral Community. The Impact of Community
Archives in Polish Narratives (in English)

Author: A. Kapała

 

November 2024 - Poznań, Poland

Conference: Różne potrzeby, różne rozwiązania. Udostępnianie w archiwum, bibliotece, muzeum (Different needs, different solutions. Access in archives, libraries, and museums)

Organizers: Department of Archival Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań; State Archives in Poznań; Polish Academy of Sciences, Kórnik Library

Presentation: Użytkownicy w kontekście oddziaływania archiwów społecznych (Users in the context of the impact of community archives)

Conference presentation available for download - here (in Polish)

Author: M. Wiśniewska-Drewniak

 

May 2025 - Budapest, Hungary

Conference: 34th ICARUS Convention. Archives Reflecting 21st century Challenges - Migration and Sustainability

Organizers: ICARUS - International Centre for Archival Research; National Archives of Hungary

Presentation: The movement between countries without moving: A German minority community archive in Poland and its impacts and practices

Conference presentation available for download - here (in English)

Author: M. Wiśniewska-Drewniak

 

Reports & publications (work in progress)

Archives of the German Minority Research Center - a research report by M. Wiśniewska-Drewniak: https://repozytorium.umk.pl/handle/item/7169

M. Wiśniewska-Drewniak, A. Kapała, Experts' Opinions on the Impact of Community Archives on Archival Science, Archival Institutions and the Archival Profession, "Archives of Ukraine", 2025, issue 1, no. 342, pp. 27-60, DOI: https://doi.org/10.47315/archives2025.342.027

 

Research data created and collected as part of the project (work in progress)

M. Wiśniewska-Drewniak, 2025, "Oddziaływanie niezależnych archiwów społecznych - wywiady z ekspertami",  https://doi.org/10.18150/KLSFHK, RepOD, V2

Transcriptions of interviews conducted between March and November 2024 with 12 Polish and international experts on their perceptions of the impact of community archives; experts interviewed: Jürgen Bacia, Michelle Caswell (transcript not published), Waldemar Chorążyczewski, Tomasz Czarnota, Andrew Flinn, Anne, Gilliland, Claudio Ogass Bilbao, Małgorzata Pankowska-Dowgiało, Monika Płuciennik, Tamara Štefanac, Arkadiusz Więch, Katarzyna Ziętal.

M. Wiśniewska-Drewniak, 2025, "Oddziaływanie niezależnych archiwów społecznych - Centrum Badań Mniejszości Niemieckiej", https://doi.org/10.18150/8CRYJM, RepOD, V1

Research data (transcriptions of interviews and photographs) collected in August 2024 as part of the field studies at the German Minority Research Center.

 

 

The impact of independent community archives