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	about me. _____________________________________________________ title : archive fever / memory _____________________________________________________ an archive is something that's accumulated over a lifetime. it could be in any form or media. like photographs, diaries, letters, or anything collected by the individual. it's a unique collection of "by-product" of human activities. just like your memory. memories make up your life experiences. your collective set of memories forms who you are. everyone's memory is personal and exclusive. no two persons will recall an experience identically. _____________________________________________________ main problem : memory is something intangible and it's a vast collection to tackle. each person's memory and how they register events and emotions is different. the challenge is to find that essence of memory everyone can relate to. _____________________________________________________ possible sub problems : 1. would i be focusing on my own personal set of archives and sharing those memories. or something more generic about memory? 2. the outcome may be too personal. such that not everyone relate and share the same experience about memory. 3. there are too many things in my archive. 4. identifying a target audience. those who probably share certain similarities of memory. or those who've never seen or experience my collection. _____________________________________________________	tag	past January 2009 / February 2009 / March 2009 /
Thursday, January 22, 2009 -project brief-definition- 1:50 AM archive: www.dictionary.reference.com ar⋅chive/ˈɑrkaɪv/ [ahr-kahyv]/ -chived, -chiv⋅ing. -noun 1_______________ usually, archives. documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation. 2_______________ archives, a place where public records or other historical documents are kept. 3_______________ any extensive record or collection of data: The encyclopedia is an archive of world history. 4_______________ to place or store in an archive: to vote on archiving the city's historic documents. . . . archive: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive an archive refers to a collection of historical records, and also refers to the location in which these records are kept. 'archives' are made up of records (aka primary source documents) which have been accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime. for example, the archives of an individual may contain letters, papers, photographs, computer files, scrapbooks, financial records, diaries or any other kind of documentary materials created or collected by the individual--regardless *of media or format.* "seems to fit my archive object closest" the archives of an organization (such as a corporation or government), tend to contain different types of records, such as administrative files, business records, memos, official correspondence, meeting minutes, and so on. archives of any individual or organization consist of records which have been especially selected for permanent or long-term preservation, due to their enduring research value. archival records are normally unpublished and almost always unique, unlike books or magazines, in which many identical copies exist. this means that archives (the places) are quite distinct from libraries with regard to their functions and organization, although archival collections can often be found within library buildings. archives are sometimes described as information generated as "by-product" of human activities, while libraries hold specifically authored information "products". a person who works in archives is called an archivist. "so am i an archivist?" the study and practice of organizing, preserving, and providing access to information and materials in archives is called archival science. archivists tend to prefer the term 'archives' (with an S) as the correct terminology to serve as both the singular and plural, since 'archive,' as a noun or a verb, has meanings related to computer science. . . .