Records survive unevenly. Institutions preserve some documents; families keep others; many experiences leave no written trace. Asking whose voice is absent does not license us to invent it. It helps us describe the limits of the evidence and seek other kinds of sources.
Records survive unevenly. Institutions preserve some documents; families keep others; many experiences leave no written trace. Asking whose voice is absent does not license us to invent it. It helps us describe the limits of the evidence and seek other kinds of sources.
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Records survive unevenly. Institutions preserve some documents; families keep others; many experiences leave no written trace. Asking whose voice is absent does not license us to invent it. It helps us describe the limits of the evidence and seek other kinds of sources.
Records survive unevenly. Institutions preserve some documents; families keep others; many experiences leave no written trace. Asking whose voice is absent does not license us to invent it. It helps us describe the limits of the evidence and seek other kinds of sources.
