Under rådande omständigheter: En kvalitativ undersökning av tre arkivariers upplevelse av Coronapandemins påverkan på kommunal arkivverksamhet
2020 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
In this case study I research how three archivists at a Swedish municipal experience how the Corona pandemic have affected their work related to providing citizens with access to public records. In the answers from three qualitative interviews with two archivists at the municipal archive and one archivist working in the municipals’ intermediate archive for social services I interpret expressions of flexibility and stability, defined as an ability to adapt to change and usage of existing resources within the organization. The key findings of the study show that the aspect of digitalization, and the already existing digitalized grades, have afforded the archivists' work with some stability. Organizational planning has in turn enabled them a flexible approach to the changes brought by the pandemic. Furthermore, I analyze these findings through the democratic aspect of archives - the right to access public records to gain insight to governmental decisions – and find that some challenges are apparent. But overall, under current circumstances, the effect of the Corona pandemic on the municipals’ archival work with access to public records have been minimal.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2020. , p. 32
Keywords [en]
Archive, Democracy, Pandemic, Flexibility, Stability
Keywords [sv]
Arkiv, Demokrati, Pandemi, Flexibilitet, Stabilitet
National Category
Public Administration Studies Information Studies
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-43779OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-43779DiVA, id: diva2:1522372
Subject / course
Archive studies
Uppsok
Social and Behavioural Science, Law
Supervisors
Examiners
2021-01-292021-01-262025-02-21Bibliographically approved