“证据”与“记忆”的逻辑错配——基于文件连续体理论模型的批判性思考

The Logical Mismatch between "Evidence" and "Memory"——ACriticalThinkingBasedontheRecordsContinuumTheoryModel

文章通过对档案原始记录性即档案本质属性的回归,认为证据性是档案所具有的最重要的一项价值属性。同时,档案作为社会记忆的众多承载物之一,与其他信息载体最重要的区别就在于档案的证据神圣性。因此,在忽视档案证据性的情况下来谈档案的记忆功能是既不现实也不可靠的。关于文件连续体理论与档案参与社会记忆建构的联结,可以算作一种考虑到文件形成主体多元性和形成过程复杂性的发散性思考,但不是文件连续体理论提出的本意和其期望实现的首要功能。

Through the regression of the original record attribute, this paper thinks that the most important value attribute of archives is its evidence nature. Meanwhile, as one of the carriers of social memory, the most important difference between archives and other information carriers lies in the sacredness of archives’ evidence. Therefore, it is unrealistic and unreliable to talk about the memory function of archives regardless of the evidences of archives. The connection between the theory of document continuum and the participation of archives in the construction of social memory can be regarded as a divergent thinking considering the diversity of the subjects of document formation and the complexity of the formation process, but it is not the essential purpose proposed by document continuum and the primary function expected to be realized.