Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / The main theoretical and empirical interest of this study is the critical examination of the life of David Cecil Oxford (D.C.O.) Matiwane. In it, I critically examine the politics of representing Matiwane’s life and the methods employed in such a discourse. I do this by focusing on the question of representation of political, social and economic struggles launched by D.C.O. Matiwane against segregation and apartheid in South Africa in the twentieth century. This study then questions the notion of creating a biographical supernarrative of his achievements. It confronts the binary approach in the representation of his life and argues that Matiwane’s life is an embodiment of various, even contradictory, philosophies. This study puts forward an argument that Matiwane's representation should be contextualised in relation to the struggles of his contemporaries, and that his narrative should not be seen as a product of a single political route. It unpacks various communal, individual, economic and political strategies employed by organisations and persons against apartheid and colonialism. It looks at how these strategies were implemented to overcome apartheid, and analyses how Matiwane's contribution is documented, especially in relation to contributions made by others. This research project also analyses how different layers and patterns in Matiwane's narrative have been created in an attempt to present his auto/biography as a cohesive discourse in spite of fragmented archival and oral memory. It argues that his memory has been appropriated to pursue different political and personal ends. This study further asks the following question: to what extent and why have different political systems given Matiwane’s voice a platform or silenced his point of view? Are there trends in his representation compared to narratives of his contemporaries? What are the underlying reasons behind such trends, if any? Are there continuities or discontinuities in his representation? What were the ambiguities embedded in their struggles? This study evaluates factors that led to him being declared a persona non grata. It closely examines why and how Matiwane has been represented as a source of controversy, as a lone political activist and as a pragmatist.

Magister Artium - MA / This thesis is concerned with an uprising which occurred during the early morning hours of the 22nd of November 1962 in Paarl- a small agricultural town some 60 kilometres northeast of Cape Town. On this occasion a group of about 250 men, armed with axes, pangas and other home-made weapons, marched from the nearby Mbekweni township to the police station in the town's centre. An event, which lasted no more than three hours, left seven dead and several wounded in its wake. This uprising was a comparatively small event, with comparatively few casualties but it took place against the backdrop of the turn to armed struggle which followed the banning of the African National Congress (hereafter the ANC) and the Pan African Congress (hereafter the PAC). However in the sense that it seemed to directly threaten white civilians, this was an event constructed as most closely resembling the anti-colonialist Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya between 1952 and 1960 during which time press reports focused most often of the brutal killings of white women and children by groups represented as violent "terrorist gangs." Informed by this kind of over-simplified propaganda of the war in Kenya, the events in Paarl, particularly the killing of 17 year old Rentia Vermeulen and 21 year old Frans Richard, as well as the attack on an elderly couple in their bed, by men with "primitive weapons," incited massive latent white anxieties throughout South Africa and intensive repressive measures.

Vast numbers of historical field recordings are currently being digitised and disseminated online; but what are these field recordings-and how do they resonate today? This thesis addresses these questions by listening to the digitisation of recordings made for a number of ethnographic projects that took place in Britain in the early 1950s. Each project shared a set of logics and practices I call national phonography. Recording technologies were invested with the ability to sound and salvage the nation, but this first involved deciding what the nation was, and what it was supposed to sound like. National phonography was an institutional and technological network; behind the encounter between recordist and recorded lies a complex and variegated mess of cultural politics, microphones, mediality, sonic aesthetics, energy policies, commercial interests, and music formats. The thesis is structured around a series of historical case studies. The first study traces the emergence of Britain's field recording moment, connecting it to the waning of empire, and focusing on sonic aspects of the 1951 Festival of Britain and the recording policies of national and international folk music organisations. The second study listens to the founding of a sound archive at the University of Edinburgh, also in 1951, asking how sound was used in constructing Scotland as an object of study, stockpiling the nation through the technologies and ideologies of preservation. The third study tracks how the BBC used fieldwork - particularly through its Folk Music and Dialect Recording Scheme (1952-57) - as part of an effort to secure the aural border. The fourth study tells the story of The Columbia World Library of Folk and Primitive Music, produced by Alan Lomax while based in Britain and released in 1955. Here, recordings were presented in fragments as nations were written onto long-playing records, and the project is discussed as a museum of voice. The final chapter shifts perspective to the online circulation of these field recordings. It asks what an online sound archive is, hearing how recordings compress multiple agencies which continue to unfold on playback, and exploring the archival silences built into sonic productions of nations. Finally, online archives are considered as heritage sites, raising questions about whose nation is produced by national phonography. This thesis brings together perspectives from sound studies and ethnomusicology; and contributes to conversations on the history of ethnomusicology in Europe, the politics of technology, ontologies of sound archives, and theories of recorded sound and musical nationalisms.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

銀行檔案是銀行從事各項業務活動過程中所產生之紀錄，除可真實反映銀行活動情形、支援日常業務活動外，其存在對於國家之經濟發展，更有舉足輕重的地位。銀行檔案具有重要的憑證價值，它是銀行的重要資產，可保護銀行的合法權益。身處在知識經濟時代，妥善開發利用銀行檔案內所存在之知識結晶，可為銀行帶來龐大的經濟效益。 本研究採用「個案研究法」與「深度訪談法」進行研究。首先瞭解第一銀行與上海商業儲蓄銀行檔案部門歷史脈絡。其次運用「深度訪談法」，針對兩家銀行檔案管理人員進行訪談，以獲得有關銀行檔案意涵、法源依據、檔案管理工作等面向之意見與建議。最後進行分析，提出適用於我國銀行產業檔案管理之具體建議。 根據實際調查兩家民營銀行結果，提出結論如下：一、「銀行檔案」名稱看法分歧；二、銀行檔案管理模式不明確；三、銀行檔案管理缺乏法源依據；四、兩家銀行檔案分類系統差異性大；五、兩家銀行檔案管理不受重視；六、銀行檔案未進行數位化；七、缺乏檔案管理專業人員。 依據研究結果，本研究提出幾項建議：一、儘速制訂銀行檔案管理之法源依據；二、採集中式與分散式並存之檔案管理模式；三、依據組織行政架構進行銀行檔案分類；四、開放銀行檔案提供外界使用者研究；五、儘速進行銀行檔案數位化；六、加速銀行知識管理工作；七、成立銀行檔案管理專屬學會；八、加強培訓銀行檔案管理專業人員。 / Bank archives are records, which are produced from dealing with every business activity. It can reflect the bank activity situation, support the daily business activities and it is very important to the social economic development in our country. Bank archives have significant evidence values. It is not only bank’s assets but also can protect the legitimate rights and interests of the bank. In the knowledge economic age, to develop and utilize knowledge crystallization existing in the bank, archives properly can bring the huge economic benefits to the bank. This thesis is based on multiple-case study method and in-depth interview method to explore the banking industry archives management system. Firstly, this paper studies the background of First Bank and Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank. Secondly, use in-depth interview method to obtain the both banks archivist’s opinions and suggestions about the meaning of bank archives, the source basis of the law and archives management. At last, a concrete suggestion about establishing an ideal bank archives management system in Taiwan, provided by the analysis conclusion in this paper. Based on the research of two private banks findings, the conclusions of this study are: 1. Title disputes of the bank archives; 2.The archives management style of the bank is indeterminate; 3.The archives management of the bank lacks the basic laws; 4.Archives classification system of the two banks varies too much; 5.Archives management of two banks are not paid enough attention; 6. The bank archives have not been digitalized; 7.Lack of professional archivists. Finally, according to the results of the study, several suggestions are provided: 1.Legislate the basis of bank archives management as quickly as possible; 2.Concentrating and dispersing archives management style should work at the same time; 3.Setting up a bank archives classification, according to organization structure; 4.Open bank archives to the external user; 5. Bank archives should be digitalized as quickly as possible; 6.Accelerate the knowledge management of the bank; 7.Establish the professional association of bank archives management; 8. Training the archivists will strengthen their skills.

主題檔案館是檔案館分類之一，具有檔案館基本屬性，因館藏內容特殊性及專業性，而有不同類型之主題檔案館；主題檔案館同時保存檔案與資料，致使檔案與資料一體化管理，形成主題檔案館最主要之特色。軍事檔案館屬於主題檔案類型，以軍事或戰爭資料為主要典藏對象，因其典藏媒體多樣化，且有許多實體武器之保存與展示，因此，軍事檔案館所使用名稱依據典藏資料特性而異。如：戰爭紀念館、國防檔案館、軍事博物館等，以文獻資產觀念而言，均屬於軍事檔案館之範疇。 本研究使用「文獻分析法」與「深度訪談法」進行研究，由文獻分析中探討法國、德國、英國、美國、澳洲、日本等國及我國國軍歷史文物館、海軍軍史館、空軍軍史館、八二三及古寧頭戰史館等軍事檔案館建置歷程、館藏及其組織架構與人力。 深度訪談對象包括國軍歷史文物館、海軍軍史館、空軍軍史館、八二三及古寧頭戰史館、國防部、檔案管理局等七個單位，藉以瞭解各相關單位對建置軍事檔案館之看法與意見。同時結合各國軍事檔案館建置、發展，及我國軍史館與戰史館現況，研擬我國建置軍事檔案館方案，以供未來建置規劃之參考。 本研究提出六點結論：一、設置軍事檔案館之必要性，主要有下列五點：（一）軍事檔案館典藏資料具有特殊性及專業性，以主題方式管理及應用，具有良好之效益；（二）就風險管理而言，可以分擔風險；（三）在政府組織再造之際，可避免組織架構重疊；（四）臺灣地理位置極具地緣戰略價值，國防軍事資料為國內及國際所重視；（五）配合檔案開放應用之規定，成立軍事檔案館不但可以確保資料安全，同時滿足檔案開放應用之需求；二、確立主題檔案館定位，以利後續發展；三、主題檔案館缺乏法源依據，檔案館組織、人員及預算編制法制化以利未來檔案館館務運作長期穩定發展；四、先進國家對特定檔案多設置主題檔案館，我國應朝向設立綜合性國家檔案館及主題性檔案館併行之發展；五、國防部檔案管理機制健全，在軟體方面已具有國防軍事主題檔案館之雛型；六、軍史館與戰史館具分別存在價值。 依據研究結果提出之建議：一、制定主題檔案館相關法源依據，以利未來檔案館館務正常運作之發展；二、軍事檔案館檔案屬於國家檔案，方能化解建置過程中可能遭遇之窒礙因素；三、建置國防檔案專責單位，統籌管理與執行國防檔案及軍事主題檔案館相關政策；四、主題檔案館應與休憩結合，提升民眾使用檔案之興趣，並提高軍事主題檔案館在國際之知名度。

Thèse de doctorat : Documents Multimédia, Images et Systèmes d'Information Communicants : Villeurbanne, INSA : 2002. / Titre provenant de l'écran-titre. Bibliogr. p.136-141.

Mémoire de master professionnel 2e année : Réseaux d'information et document électronique : Villeurbanne, ENSSIB : 2005. / Texte intégral.

Thèse de doctorat : Histoire : Rennes 2 : 2008. / Bibliogr. f. 919-967. Index. Table des cartes, tableaux et graphiques. Table des transcriptions de chansons et d'archives criminelles. Table des annexes. Table des annexes sonores.

Mémoire d'étude diplôme de conservateur des bibliothèques : bibliothéconomie : Villeurbanne, ENSSIB : 2008. / Texte intégral. Résumé en français et en anglais. Bibliogr. f. 67-73.