...Where archivists and researchers once felt confounded by a lack of artifactual evidence, today, fueled in part by contemporary culture's compulsion to collect, many archives are overflowing with moving images and related artifacts. This chapter reveals the ways in which attempts to manage...

... of power and largesse, for the pursuit and realization of overarching ambition, for broaching (or creating) social barriers, or simply for earning a living. archaeological artifacts archaeological heritage collecting antiquities gifts looting folklore market antiquities psychological aspects art...

...This chapter addresses issue of the illicit digging, collections, and sales of artifacts from archaeological sites, specifically North and Central Florida. The problems with site protection, and sites specifically stewarded by the State, are addressed. The authors discuss both how these problems...

... archive were guided by historicism's impulses. During this time, film archiving was primarily defined by the institutional attempts of the Library of Congress, the National Archives and the Museum of Modern Art to build national film collections for the purpose of enhancing the reputation of the United...

...This chapter considers some of the psychological aspects of collecting. Emotion and reason are accepted together as a dynamic entity in which the prevalence of one or the other is dependent on context at any given moment. The exploration of emotional involvement in the past is via the tangible...