This book explores how a society accepts and utilizes a system of archives to improve the quality of people's lives at each level of community, organization, and government. This is the first book that examines the political, economic, and social background that has prevented the development of archival systems in Japan in comparison with other societies of different cultures such as the United States, Romania, India, and Korea. An archival system is an indispensable tool to live in the present and create a future by sharing an understanding of the past. For that reason, this book considers what respecting the past means from the point of view that people experience in their workplace to reconcile tragic experiences such as conflict, injustice, or corruption. Then the book shows how a system of archives plays a significant role in a democratic society because it serves as a foundation of evidence-based decision making for a specific group or the public. Thus, this volume provides guidance for ways that a society can build a common understanding of the importance of sharing the past to maintain community and society.

Explores various aspects of archives that have significant roles to keep community and society vibrant Identifies the importance of archives in a democratic society in relation to the separation of powers Shows how archives serve as an indispensable basis of the constitution of groups at a variety of levels

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Editor
Keiji Fujiyoshi, Faculty of Sociology, Otemon Gakuin University

Inhalt

1 Keiji Fujiyoshi. Archives for Maintaining Community and Society in the Digital Age: An Introductory Essay.- 2 Junta Okada. Archives in Parliament: Democratic Role of the Japanese National Diet Library.- 3 Tadaaki Fujitani. Citizen Archives and Accountability: Changing Organizations and Reconstruction of Archives.- 4 Vrunda Pathare. Business Archives: Collective Memory and Selective Approach.- 5 Kazuhito Isomura. Search for Missing Links Between Records Management and Business Administration.- 6 Sungman Koh. Transitional Justice Strategies of the National State and its Archivization: A Study on Liquidation of the Past History of the Jeju April 3 Events.- 7 Anne Gilliland, Andrew J Lau, and Sue McKemmish. Pluralizing the Archive.-8 Izumi Hirano. Runners in an "Endless Relay": Brief Custodial History of the Archives of a Residents' Movement in Japan.- 9 Lakatos Artur-Lorand. Current Situation of Ecclesiastic Archives in Transylvania, Romania: Legal Situation and Political Debates.- 10 Nanako Hayami. Regulation of the Female Body in Japanese Society and its Transformation through Globalization: From Reigi-saho to Image Control.- 11 Natàlia Cantó Milà. Simmel in the Archive: On the Conflict of Late Modern Culture.