archivism

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English

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Etymology

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From archive +‎ -ism.

Noun

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archivism (uncountable)

  1. The art or practice of maintaining an archive.
    • 2003, Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, volumes 75-77, page 189:
      By a nice irony of archivism the estate papers of the family were deposited at the Bronte Parsonage Museum, and they provide the basis for this article.
    • 2015, Sarah Baker, Preserving Popular Music Heritage: Do-it-Yourself, Do-it-Together:
      We present fan archivism – or, as we describe it, activist archivism – as a form of fan production. In his recent book on fandom, Mark Duffett (2013, 21) describes fans as “networkers, collectors, tourists, archivists, curators []