Introduction to Robert Pagès’ “Documentary Transformations and Cultural Context”

Michael Buckland

doi:10.35492/docam/8/1/1

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Robert Pagès (1919-2007) was an anarchist activist who later became director of a major social psychology research laboratory. Between these roles he was a student in documentation established in Paris by Suzanne Briet and others at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers. In 1947 while he was a student of documentation Pagès submitted a thesis entitled “Transformations documentaires et milieu culturel” (Documentary transformations and cultural context) which was published as an article in the Review of Documentation in 1948. A key theme was that documentation is to culture what machinery is to industry. This introduction situates and explains some key ideas from Pagès' article.

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Introduction to RobertPagès’ “Documentary Transformations and Cultural Context”Follow this and additional works at: https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/docam Part of the Library and Information Science CommonsPlease take a moment to share how this work helps you through this survey
Between these two roles he was a student in a program of professional education in documentation established in Paris by Suzanne Briet and others at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, a large and respected adult school with programs mainly in engineering and management
In 1947 while he was a student of documentation Pagès submitted a thesis entitled “Transformations documentaires et milieu culturel” (Documentary Transformations and Cultural Context) which was published as an article in the Review of Documentation in 1948 and in English translation in this issue

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Introduction to RobertPagès’ “Documentary Transformations and Cultural Context”Follow this and additional works at: https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/docam Part of the Library and Information Science CommonsPlease take a moment to share how this work helps you through this survey. Follow this and additional works at: https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/docam Part of the Library and Information Science Commons (2021) "Introduction to Robert Pagès’ “Documentary Transformations and Cultural Context”," Proceedings from the Document Academy: Vol 8 : Iss. 1 , Article 1.

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