Theatre and archival memory: Irish drama and marginalised histories 1951-1977

Abstract

place in the establishment and development of social, informational, technological, and economic systems of societies and explains the function of blockchain technology utilized in records management to increase the cognitive and epistemological qualities of trust in these records. Lemieux reflects on the aspects of this technology that are to be improved, such as consensus mechanisms, standardization, interoperability, and the need to legitimize the records created in different blockchain networks. With this in place, she says, we will have records that can be presented as cogent evidence that can be used in the battle against disinformation. Lemieux has succeeded in her authorial aims, and archivists, records managers and IT experts working on developing blockchain-based recordkeeping systems would benefit from reading this well-written book. Readers do not require much IT literacy to understand it, except for Part I. Lemieux answers the question of how useful blockchain is for records management. She argues that we can increase the cognitive, social and epistemological qualities of trust by utilizing blockchain. In discussing this, it becomes apparent that the role of blockchain technology in ensuring trust is more than a technological issue; it is about humans. Lemieux’s book is an essential reference for those interested in the subject.