Ghosts in the archive: The textual lacunæ of the Third Franklin Expedition
The paucity of the extant written record left by the Third Franklin Expedition (1845−1848) has presented challenges to the efforts of generations of searchers and scholars. Additionally, it has underscored the reliance of Western culture on written records when establishing narratives and understand...
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ftstonybrookuniv:oai:commons.library.stonybrook.edu:library_articles-1042 2023-05-15T15:04:31+02:00 Ghosts in the archive: The textual lacunæ of the Third Franklin Expedition Kasten-Mutkus, Kathleen 2019-11-01T07:00:00Z application/zip https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/library_articles/37 https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/context/library_articles/article/1042/type/native/viewcontent unknown Academic Commons https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/library_articles/37 https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/context/library_articles/article/1042/type/native/viewcontent http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ CC-BY-NC-ND Library Faculty Publications Arctic archives polar Archival Science Library and Information Science text 2019 ftstonybrookuniv 2022-04-15T14:11:41Z The paucity of the extant written record left by the Third Franklin Expedition (1845−1848) has presented challenges to the efforts of generations of searchers and scholars. Additionally, it has underscored the reliance of Western culture on written records when establishing narratives and understanding events. This paper explores the sparse written records of the expedition in the context of their contextualisation over the years within an ersatz Franklin archive which includes a variety of discourses and documentary intents. By situating the Franklin records within an archival context, it is possible to reconsider these materials as part of a collection while also examining the ways in which they stand on their own by virtue of the (sometimes unknowable) circumstances of their creation, circulation, and preservation. Combining this archival approach with Derrida’s notion of hauntology, this paper analyses the written records of the Third Franklin Expedition as an ephemeral, and ultimately inscrutable, representation of a vanished expedition. Text Arctic Stony Brook University Libraries: Academic Commons Arctic |
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The paucity of the extant written record left by the Third Franklin Expedition (1845−1848) has presented challenges to the efforts of generations of searchers and scholars. Additionally, it has underscored the reliance of Western culture on written records when establishing narratives and understanding events. This paper explores the sparse written records of the expedition in the context of their contextualisation over the years within an ersatz Franklin archive which includes a variety of discourses and documentary intents. By situating the Franklin records within an archival context, it is possible to reconsider these materials as part of a collection while also examining the ways in which they stand on their own by virtue of the (sometimes unknowable) circumstances of their creation, circulation, and preservation. Combining this archival approach with Derrida’s notion of hauntology, this paper analyses the written records of the Third Franklin Expedition as an ephemeral, and ultimately inscrutable, representation of a vanished expedition. |
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