ABSTRACT
Reading archival traces tells us things about the past, although much depends on what is meant by reading and also how time and the past are understood. Temporality is foundational to archives, their histories, contents and carrying out archival research. Should archival research always engage with the complexities of the temporal order, with how events, experiences and their representations are arranged in time? What is involved in using temporality in a methodological way to ‘read the archive’? Are there transferable tools and practices here that other archival researchers can use in working with their own research?
