Includes bibliographical references and index.

Defining the Relationship between Archives and Social Justice / by David A. Wallace -- From Experimental Methods to Transformative/Empowering Methodologies : Studying the Social Justice Impact of Archives / by Wendy M. Duff and Michelle Caswell -- Categorizations and Patterns in the Case Studies / by Renée Saucier -- Archives, Records, and Land Restitution in South Africa / by Anthea Josias -- "Hang Onto These Words" : Aboriginal Title and the Social Meanings of Archival Custody / by Raymond Frogner -- "All I Want To Know Is Who I Am" : Archival Justice for Australian Care Leavers / by Joanne Evans, Frank Golding, Cate O'Neill, Rachel Tropea -- Justice for the 96! : The Impact of Archives in the Fight for Justice for the 96 Victims of the Hillsborough Disaster / by Andrew Flinn and Wendy M. Duff -- Social Justice and Historical Accountability in Latin America : Access to the Records of the Truth Commissions in Chile / by Joel A. Blanco-Rivera -- Documenting the Fight for the City : The Impact of Activist Archives on Anti-Gentrification Campaigns / by Susan Pell -- Social Justice Struggles for Rights, Equality & Identity : The Role of Lesbian and Gay Archives / by Rebecka Taves Sheffield -- Social Justice and Hearing Voices : Co-Constructing an Archive of Mental Health Recovery / by Anna Sexton, Stuart Baker-Brown, Peter Bullimore, Dolly Sen and Andrew Voyce -- Archives 'Act Back' : Re-configuring Palestinian Archival Constellations and Visions of Social Justice / by Beverley Butler.

"Archives, Record-keeping and Social Justice expands the burgeoning literature on archival social justice and impact. Illuminating how diverse factors shape the relationship between archives, recordkeeping systems, and recordkeepers, the book depicts struggles for different social justice objectives. Discussions and debates about social justice are playing out across many disciplines, fields of practice, societal sectors, and governments and yet one-dimension cross-cutting these actors and engagement spaces has remained unexplored: the role of recordkeeping and archiving. To clarify and elaborate this connection, this volume provides a rigorous account of the engagement of archives and records - and their keepers - in struggles for social justice. Drawing upon multidisciplinary praxis and scholarship, contributors to the volume examine social justice from historical and contemporary perspectives and promote impact methodologies that align with culturally responsive, democratic, Indigenous and transformative assessment. Underscoring the multiplicity of transformative social justice impacts influenced by record making, recordkeeping, and archiving, the book presents nine case studies from around the world that link the past to the present and offer pathways towards a more just future. Archives, Record-keeping and Social Justice will be essential reading for researchers and students engaged in the study of archives, truth and reconciliation processes, social justice and human rights. It should also be of great interest to archivists, records managers and information professionals"--