Planting The Seed: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault as an Archive in the Face of Uncertain Futures
Cultural preservation is an evolving phenomenon that has historically been undertaken throughthe written or oral passage of knowledge from one generation to the next. Some archives emerge so individuals can understand their social, cultural, and personal histories, while others emerge to preserve no...
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ftunitorontoojs:oai:jps.library.utoronto.ca:article/43227 2024-05-19T07:49:18+00:00 Planting The Seed: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault as an Archive in the Face of Uncertain Futures Grigoli, Rebecca 2024-04-26 application/pdf https://theijournal.ca/index.php/ijournal/article/view/43227 eng eng The iJournal https://theijournal.ca/index.php/ijournal/article/view/43227/32696 https://theijournal.ca/index.php/ijournal/article/view/43227 Copyright (c) 2024 Rebecca Grigoli The iJournal: Student Journal of the Faculty of Information; Vol. 9 No. 2 (2024): Winter 2024; 117-131 2561-7397 doomsday archives global seed vault emerging archives climate change and archives agriculture and archives conservation biology and archives info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2024 ftunitorontoojs 2024-04-30T23:41:27Z Cultural preservation is an evolving phenomenon that has historically been undertaken throughthe written or oral passage of knowledge from one generation to the next. Some archives emerge so individuals can understand their social, cultural, and personal histories, while others emerge to preserve non-human-related specimens to prepare for worst-case scenarios. This paper discusses the notion of the “doomsday” archive and connects it to concepts of archival practice by exploring the history and efficacy of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and the various ways humans have used archival principles to mitigate harm in the face of global catastrophes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Svalbard University of Toronto: Journal Publishing Services |
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Cultural preservation is an evolving phenomenon that has historically been undertaken throughthe written or oral passage of knowledge from one generation to the next. Some archives emerge so individuals can understand their social, cultural, and personal histories, while others emerge to preserve non-human-related specimens to prepare for worst-case scenarios. This paper discusses the notion of the “doomsday” archive and connects it to concepts of archival practice by exploring the history and efficacy of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and the various ways humans have used archival principles to mitigate harm in the face of global catastrophes. |
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Planting The Seed: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault as an Archive in the Face of Uncertain Futures |
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The iJournal: Student Journal of the Faculty of Information; Vol. 9 No. 2 (2024): Winter 2024; 117-131 2561-7397 |
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