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The Identity Complex: The Portrayal Of Archivists In Film, Anne Daniel, Amanda Oliver
The Identity Complex: The Portrayal Of Archivists In Film, Anne Daniel, Amanda Oliver
Anne Daniel
When Obi-Wan Kenobi speaks to the Jedi Archives’ archivist in Stars Wars: Attack of the Clones he is informed that if a record is not in their archives it does not exist.[i] The archivist is stern, terse and absolute in her belief in the completeness of her records. This interaction presents an unwelcoming image of archives and archivists, and is one of many films to present a complex image of archivists.
Previous research focusing on the representation of archivists suggests that the archival profession has an image problem. Randall C. Jimerson states that, “The problem which archivists share with …