Résumés
Résumé
Dans un contexte où la communauté archivistique internationale insiste sur la nécessité pour les nations autochtones d’être en contrôle des archives qui les concernent, cet article expose différentes problématiques qui nous amènent à réfléchir sur les particularités de l’environnement archivistique au Québec. En premier lieu, il signale les composantes coloniales de la production d’archives sur l’Île de la Tortue (Amérique du Nord) et la contribution des conceptions archivistiques traditionnelles au colonialisme d’implantation. Évoquant des énoncés mis en lumière par l’archivistique communautaire et les valeurs émancipatrices de l’archivistique, cet article propose une exploration de variables et paradigmes orientés vers la décolonisation des espaces de mémoire et des concepts archivistiques au Québec. Il fait ainsi part de l’effet structurant de l’archivistique et de la nécessité d’un engagement avec les conceptions de mémoire et ontologies autochtones afin de favoriser un développement de connaissances éthique. Cet article évoque alors le rôle, les responsabilités et les limites des archivistes et des institutions de mémoire concernant la résurgence autochtone.
Abstract
In a context where international declarations insist on the importance for Indigenous peoples to control archives by and about them, this article puts forward different questions which forces archivists to reflect on the archival realm in Quebec. First of all, it highlights the colonial component of the archival production on Turtle Island (North America) and the contribution of traditional archival principles to the nature of settler colonialism. Using notions offered by the community archival framework and the liberatory stance on archives, it sheds light on variables and paradigms oriented toward the decolonization of memory spaces and archival principles in Quebec. Thus, it signals the structuring impact of archival concepts and practices, and highlights the necessity to engage with Indigenous memory conceptions and ontologies in order to contribute to ethical knowledge development. This article highlights the role, the responsibilities, and the limits of archivists and memory institutions regarding Indigenous resurgence.
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