Anarchive of Our Own: Re-membering the Reconceptualization

• In Event: Anarchives, Archives, and Justice: Critical Curriculum, Ethics, and Schooling

Abstract

After 40 years, curriculum studies increasingly ruminates over the legacy of the reconceptualization. Many turn to archives to secure that legacy. The authors explore the disjunctions between the reconceptualization and archival logics. Beyond archiving, the authors propose anarchiving as a technique better suited for the reconceptualization. Instead of a historical analysis, we attune to the anarchival tendencies in Pinar (1977) by inviting the authors to return to the text to cultivate new lines of inquiry (Truman, 2016). Each anniversary, the urge to archive the reconceptualization seems more pronounced. While an archive of the reconceptualization is necessary, it is decisively insufficient. Rather than consigning to the archive, the spirit of the reconceptualization resonates with the generative possibilities of the anarchive.

Authors

• Seth A. McCall, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Sarah M Gerth van den Berg, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Alexandra Thomas, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Shamari Reid, The University of Oklahoma

• Rozena Raja, Teachers College, Columbia University