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The Responsibilities and Challenges of Community-Engaged Archives: Lessons from Building the Massachusetts Hip-Hop Archive
Intellect , 96 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1386/9781789388428_6
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  4. Benoit III, Edward and Roeschley, Ana (2019), “Degrees of mediation: A review of the intersectionality between community and participatory archives,” in E. Benoit, III and A. Eveleigh (eds), Participatory Archives: Theory & Practice, London: Facet Publishing, pp. 159–71.
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  5. Buchanan, Alexandrina and Bastian, Michelle (2015), “Activating the archive: rethinking the role of traditional archives for local activist projects,” Archival Science, 15:4, pp. 429–51.
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  6. Campbell, Mark V. and Stitski, Maya (2018), “Archival activism: Deciphering state-sanctioned histories and reporting of Canadian hip hop,” Journal of World Popular Music, 5:2, pp. 229–49.
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  7. Crenn, Gaëlle (2015), “Negotiating the values of popular music in the museum: Curatorial process and exhibition narratives in the ABBAWORLD exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney,” Popular Music History, 10:2, pp. 138–53.
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  8. Daniels, Caroline , Fox, Heather , Poindexter, Sarah-Jane , and Reilly, Elizabeth (2015), “Saving all the freaks on the life raft: Blending documentation strategy with community engagement to build a local music archives,” The American Archivist, 78:1, pp. 238–61.
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  9. Flinn, Andrew (2007), “Community histories, community archives: Some opportunities and challenges,” Journal of the Society of Archivists, 28:2, pp. 151–76.
     [Google Scholar]
  10. Flinn, Andrew , Stevens, Mary , and Shepherd, Elizabeth (2009), “Whose memories, whose archives? Independent community archives, autonomy and the mainstream,” Archival Science, 9:1&2, pp. 71–86.
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  12. Foster, Pacey (2009), “Hip-hop in the hub: How Boston rap remained underground,” in Mickey Hess (ed.), Hip-Hop in America: A Regional Guide, Santa Barbara: Greenwood, pp. 195–224.
     [Google Scholar]
  13. Foster, Pacey and Marshall, Wayne (2015), “Tales of the tape: Cassette culture, community radio, and the birth of rap music in Boston,” Creative Industries Journal, 8:2, pp. 164–76.
     [Google Scholar]
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     [Google Scholar]
  15. Guthrie, Nori and Carlson, Scott (2018), Music Preservation and Archiving Today, London: Rowman and Littlefield.
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     [Google Scholar]
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     [Google Scholar]
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     [Google Scholar]
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     [Google Scholar]
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