As Derrida stated, "Archives affirms the past, present and the future; it preserves the records of the past and it embodies the promise of the present to the future." The standard dictionary definition of the word archive is, "a place where documents and other materials." In some usual cases, the word archive pertains to the "contents of museums, libraries, and archives and thus the entire extant historical record;" this definition is the reason why there is an arising confusion between the three terms. Distinctions between libraries, archives and museums have always been ambiguous as argued by Robert Martin. Plus the digital environment of archive has worn these distinctions.
Archives played a huge role in both political world and cultural world. It has always been a tool in every ethnic struggle and exploration of one's history. Archives have given an immense contribution to the fields of anthropology, classics, history, literature and contemporary visual artist as well. The......
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