Archiwa zapisów życia: czym i gdzie są?
The Archives of Those Who Write Themselves: What and Where Are They?

Summary/Abstract: Smith and Watson propose eight micro-studies exploring the challenges of researching life writing. Their sources are familiar to Polish readers – Zlata’s Diary by Zlata Filipović, Art Spiegelman’s Maus, the writings of Mary Antin or Charlotte Salomon’s autobiographical series of paintings. The authenticity of those works is examined in terms of the different perspectives of the artist, autocreation, human rights or the editing process, which gives rise to new contexts. Smith and Watson also refer to the problem of postmemory and the archive of feelings, which enrich official accounts while also questioning them. They point to issues related to digitalizing existing sources and life in the web, which creates new possibilities and challenges for both artists and researchers.

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