The Emergence and Development of Private Archives for Popular Movements in Sweden Fil dr Lars-Erik Hansen International Conference on the Society´s Memory Functions in the Digtal World University of Tampere 24-24/

What is a popular movement? A social movement is a mobilising collective actor, which, with some continuity on the basis of a high symbolic cohesion and weak role specification through different forms of action and organisation working for the goal of implementing or preventing fundamental social change, or restoring previous social conditions." (Raschke, 1985).

What is a popular movment archival institution u An archival institution is a wealth of archives from different organisations kept in a place in a certain order.

Antonio Gramsci u The concept of hegemony u capitalist society rests on oppression granted acceptance by those oppressed u hegemony is based on power over the so- called superstructure, which includes culture, attitudes, perspectives, and values

The Swedish Order City Hall  Municipalities (290) – One archive one municipalitie  County Councils (21) – One County Council archive in  The State International Secretariat The Labour Movement Archive

21 Regional archival institutions devoted to activism archives 290 Local activism archives 1 Labour Movement Archive 1 White-collar and professional trade union archive 1 Popular Movement Archive Association ( FA ) International Secretariat

The history of the Swedish Labour Movement Archives 1901 u During this time the capitalist society had total power over the so called superstructure, which includes culture, attitudes, perspectives, and values u The Labour Movement Archives was opposed to this society – they did not want to be a part of it. u The labour movement sympathized with the materialist conception of history

National Archives 1901 u In 1901 political views and values ​ were linked to a capitalist state which was fundamentally undemocratic and the National Archives was a part of this society. u National Archivist was a prominent conservative u conducted research was focused exclusively on events within the state, i.e. within the superstructure.

The Labour Movement in power 1920 u Social democracy forms its first government in 1920 and they become part of the superstructure. u after a few years in the 1940s the Labour archives takes the initiative to further the establishment of regional popular movement archive depots and give this depots financial support.

International Secretariat

Interest in alternative and socialist history arose u inventory of the popular movement archives u Popular Movement Archive Association (FA) 1968 u From 1973 and onwards, the popular movement archives in Värmland, along with archives in Dalarna and Norrbotten, received government grants.

The Archives and Museum of the White-Collar Movement (TAM) u 1940s: The vision of a whitecollar movement archive where discussed within the white collar unions central organisation (TCO). u 1964 The issue was raised on a TCO-kongress. u 1967 A commission where appointed this year, and a decision made to sanction the committe proposal to build a whitecollar movement archival institution. u 1968 A local on 110 m2 and 1100 shelfmeters (hyllmeter) on the TCO-school Bergendal. One archive-manager where employed. u 1972 One administrator where employed. u 1983A request came from TCO to constitute a new archivecommission.

The future of popular movment archival institution u Declining support from the superstructure u Digital challenge

Arrival archive Reference model Union EDM* Distribute Process Archive Store document Receive Deliver Search/FAQ Register Open Publish Edit Documents in files Administrative document MetadataFormsTemplates View Describe Search Members Partners Employer Webpresense, Intranet, Extranet ? Caseworker Archivist TAM-Arkiv Other systems National Archives Members, partners Provide help Callcenter Create View * Electronic dokument management

Three Metadata Purposes Distribute Archive Receive Deliver Documents in files Administrative document MetadataFormsTemplates Partners Employer Callcenter Caseworker Archivist Clients, partners Administrator Clients National Archives System internal BusinessStorage

Metadata relevant to Unions storage  The Archiving Project  Primary focus on documents within CMS - Electronic Case Management of members Cases  ISAD (G) General International Standard of Archival Description  Levels of Description  Elements of Description  Metadata International Secretariat

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