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The ivory tower: power, privilege and the iron-gate that surrounds knowledge

by farleyj7 | Feb 21, 2016 | CHI Grad Fellow Post

Big, ambitious projects require energy and huge sets of data that isn’t easily accessible. No surprise there! But, why? Why is archival research a maddening, mind-numbing, stress-inducing and life-reducing process? At the crux of this heated debate are signed over...

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