Embracing the diversity: teaching recordkeeping concepts to students from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds

Viviane Frings-Hessami

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-71292-1_42

Embracing the diversity: teaching recordkeeping concepts to students from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds

Viviane Frings-Hessami

Department of Human Centred Computing

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Abstract

When teaching to students from diverse backgrounds, it is important to explain to them the meaning of the key concepts in the discipline and to discuss examples that they can easily relate to. The terms records and recordkeeping, which are key concepts in archival science, have their roots in national archival traditions and have specific meanings that may confuse students because these meanings are different from the ways the terms are commonly used in everyday language or in other English-speaking countries and because equivalent concepts may not exist in their first language. The linguistic misunderstandings that may ensue may then impact on the students’ understanding of the whole course content, affecting their understanding of the role played by records in society and of the issues involved in their preservation. By discussing with the students the translations of these terms and simple examples in their cultural and linguistic contexts, we are embracing the diversity of students’ backgrounds and experiences and engaging in a dialogue with them that enriches their experience and makes the course more relevant to them.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Diversity, Divergence, Dialogue
Subtitle of host publication	16th International Conference, iConference 2021 Beijing, China, March 17–31, 2021 Proceedings, Part I
Editors	Katharina Toeppe, Hui Yan, Samuel Kai Wah Chu
Place of Publication	Cham Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	541-550
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030712921
ISBN (Print)	9783030712914
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71292-1_42
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	iConference 2021 - Virtual, Beijing, China Duration: 17 Mar 2021 → 31 Mar 2021 Conference number: 16th https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-71292-1 (Proceedings) https://iconference2021.ichair.org/login (Website)

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	12645
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	iConference 2021
Abbreviated title	iConference 2021
Country/Territory	China
City	Beijing
Period	17/03/21 → 31/03/21
Internet address	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-71292-1 (Proceedings) https://iconference2021.ichair.org/login (Website)

Keywords

Archival education
Cultural context
Languages
Translation
Records continuum
Personal recordkeeping
Digital preservation

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Frings-Hessami, V. (2021). Embracing the diversity: teaching recordkeeping concepts to students from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. In K. Toeppe, H. Yan, & S. K. W. Chu (Eds.), Diversity, Divergence, Dialogue: 16th International Conference, iConference 2021 Beijing, China, March 17–31, 2021 Proceedings, Part I (pp. 541-550). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 12645). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71292-1_42

Frings-Hessami, Viviane. / Embracing the diversity : teaching recordkeeping concepts to students from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Diversity, Divergence, Dialogue: 16th International Conference, iConference 2021 Beijing, China, March 17–31, 2021 Proceedings, Part I. editor / Katharina Toeppe ; Hui Yan ; Samuel Kai Wah Chu. Cham Switzerland : Springer, 2021. pp. 541-550 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Frings-Hessami, V 2021, Embracing the diversity: teaching recordkeeping concepts to students from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. in K Toeppe, H Yan & SKW Chu (eds), Diversity, Divergence, Dialogue: 16th International Conference, iConference 2021 Beijing, China, March 17–31, 2021 Proceedings, Part I. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 12645, Springer, Cham Switzerland, pp. 541-550, iConference 2021, Beijing, China, 17/03/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71292-1_42

Embracing the diversity: teaching recordkeeping concepts to students from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. / Frings-Hessami, Viviane.
Diversity, Divergence, Dialogue: 16th International Conference, iConference 2021 Beijing, China, March 17–31, 2021 Proceedings, Part I. ed. / Katharina Toeppe; Hui Yan; Samuel Kai Wah Chu. Cham Switzerland: Springer, 2021. p. 541-550 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 12645).

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Frings-Hessami V. Embracing the diversity: teaching recordkeeping concepts to students from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. In Toeppe K, Yan H, Chu SKW, editors, Diversity, Divergence, Dialogue: 16th International Conference, iConference 2021 Beijing, China, March 17–31, 2021 Proceedings, Part I. Cham Switzerland: Springer. 2021. p. 541-550. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-71292-1_42

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