Using Archives to Inform Contemporary Policy Debates: History into Policy?
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| Title: | Using Archives to Inform Contemporary Policy Debates: History into Policy? |
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| Authors: | Johnson, Valerie (AUTHOR) Valerie.Johnson@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk, Williams, Caroline (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Journal of the Society of Archivists. Oct2011, Vol. 32 Issue 2, p287-303. 17p. |
| Subject Terms: | *History education, *Collaborative learning, *Government policy, *Information resources, *Adult education workshops, *Archives, Policy science research, Great Britain. Arts & Humanities Research Council |
| Geographic Terms: | United Kingdom |
| Company/Entity: | National Archives (Great Britain) |
| Abstract: | Evidence-based policy-making has long been a significant method of government. Academics in a range of disciplines have contributed in supplying the evidence on which, in part, governments develop their policies. However, the arts and humanities, and in this case historians, are less well represented in this influencing role. In May 2008, The National Archives, in partnership with History and Policy, was awarded a grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to run a series of workshops under its Collaborative Research Training Scheme, on ‘Using Archival Sources to Inform Contemporary Policy Debates.’ The purpose was to explore the relevance of history—and the archival sources that underpin it—to policy-making and to identify areas where this had been done, more or less successfully. In describing the workshop and analyzing its outcomes, the authors identify emerging themes and explore ways in which other archive services might implement similar initiatives. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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| Abstract: | Evidence-based policy-making has long been a significant method of government. Academics in a range of disciplines have contributed in supplying the evidence on which, in part, governments develop their policies. However, the arts and humanities, and in this case historians, are less well represented in this influencing role. In May 2008, The National Archives, in partnership with History and Policy, was awarded a grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to run a series of workshops under its Collaborative Research Training Scheme, on ‘Using Archival Sources to Inform Contemporary Policy Debates.’ The purpose was to explore the relevance of history—and the archival sources that underpin it—to policy-making and to identify areas where this had been done, more or less successfully. In describing the workshop and analyzing its outcomes, the authors identify emerging themes and explore ways in which other archive services might implement similar initiatives. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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| ISSN: | 00379816 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00379816.2011.619696 |
