Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2017
Abstract
This article examines archival research as a generative community literacy practice. Through the example of a community-based project centered on archival research, I examine the increased possibility the archives hold as a site for rhetorical invention based on collaboration that includes contemporary community members and the recovered rhetoric of historical figures. I argue that archival research as community literacy practice creates conditions for a communal form of literacy sponsorship and offer a framework for approaching the archives.
Copyright Statement
This document was originally published in Community Literacy Journal by Community Literacy Journal. Copyright restrictions may apply.
Publication Information
Douglas, Whitney. (2017). "Looking Outward: Archival Research as Community Engagement". Community Literacy Journal, 11(2), 30-42.