Archive Fever

Amon Barros

Chapter 13 in Elgar Encyclopedia of Historical Organisation Studies, 2026, pp 53-54 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Jacques Derrida's Archive Fever exposes archives as sites of power, where memory is constructed through selection, omission and exclusion. Archives influence history and institutional legitimacy, reinforcing some narratives while marginalising others. This extends to digital and algorithmic archives, where opaque data systems influence decision-making and access to opportunities without accountability. In organisations, archives are contested spaces instrumentalised for a firm's purposes. Scholars highlight archival omissions and selective corporate memory as critical issues in understanding power in organisational archives. Recognising the impulse to archive – and unarchive – is key to understanding memory, power and control in organisations and society.

Keywords: Archive; Poststructuralism; Power; Memory; Algorithm governance; Narratives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035332922
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