The Archive Project: Archival Research in the Social Sciences

Niamh Moore is a Chancellor's Fellow in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh, UK, with a background in interdisciplinary feminist studies. Her research includes work on ecofeminist activism (The Changing Nature of Ecofeminism: Telling Stories from Clayoquot Sound, UBC Press, 2015), the archiving and reuse of data, and community-based participatory research, including with community-food growing projects.

Andrea Salter is Research Facilitator for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Cambridge, UK, and has held postdoctoral positions at UCL and the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh. With a background in sociology and human geography, she continues to research ‘documents of life’. Publications include articles and also The World’s Great Question: Olive Schreiner’s South African Letters (Cape Town: VRS, 2014, with Liz Stanley).

Liz Stanley is Professor of Sociology and ESRC Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Her work focuses around conjunctions of theory, methodology and the past. Books include Breaking Out Again (with Sue Wise), The Auto/Biographical I, Mourning Becomes, Documents of Life Revisited, and The World's Great Question (with Andrea Salter). See http://www.sociology.ed.ac.uk/people/staff/stanley_liz

Maria Tamboukou is Professor of Feminist Studies at the University of East London, UK. Her research activity is in the areas of critical feminisms, auto/biographical narratives and studies in neo-materialism. Writing feminist genealogies is the central focus of her work. Recent publications include the monograph Sewing, Writing and Fighting: Radical Practices in Work, Politics and Culture.