Telling Tales
A Paradigm for Recordkeeping Research
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This paper addresses the need for a paradigm shift in recordkeeping research that meets the needs of social justice agendas. I propose an approach that combines the social ontology of Dorothy Smith’s method of inquiry, institutional ethnography, and a storied epistemology as the foundation for a new model for recordkeeping research that blurs boundaries to uncover and tell tales.
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