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Decolonising the Archive: colonial language in our archival catalogue

By Jennifer Scott · January 23, 2023 · Archives · No comments

As part of our commitment to decolonisation at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, we’ve been reviewing the language used in our archival catalogue. We found many examples of outdated language, such as colonial place names. Archival documentation is an interpretive act which takes place within a…

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