Emergence: Documents in Crisis

This essay suggests the etymologies of emergence, emergency, and crisis create a useful framework for theorizing documents. Indeed, overlapping semantic associations words allow idea that documents emerge in crisis. The overlap also allows means how descend into Theorizing crisis, argues, usefully complements documentalist theories documentary representation suggested by thinkers like Paul Otlet Suzanne Briet, as well newer conceptualizations documentality conceived Michael Buckland Maurizio Ferraris documentarity described Ronald Day.