This article investigates how an online forum for a participatory archive project can offer a platform for controlled power-sharing between archivists and participants. Additionally, it explains how participants affect the processes, structures, and end usability of the information resource they are invited to create, with a focus on representability and the ethical responsibility of archivists. This study takes its point of departure in a participatory online transcription project: Begravelser 1861–1912. The influence of participants is studied through observation of the communication between archivists and transcribers in an online discussion forum. Theoretical concepts of maximalist and minimalist participation are used to contextualize levels of user influence. The study uses a framework inspired by Community-based participatory research (CBPR) to analyze the communication. The results show how participants used the forum to gain influence in the project, and how several elements of CBPR—shared influence, mutual development, and mutual use—were manifested in the forum. The conclusion is that using a CBPR approach in participatory projects can produce synergetic effects of increased knowledge and enhanced archival responsibility in conjunction with sustainable participatory engagement.

本文研究了参与式归档项目的在线论坛如何为档案工作者和参与者之间的受控权力共享提供平台。此外，它还解释了参与者如何影响邀请他们创建的信息资源的过程，结构和最终可用性，重点关注归档人员的可表示性和道德责任。这项研究的出发点是参与式在线转录项目：Begravelser 1861 – 1912。通过观察在线讨论论坛中档案管理员和转录人员之间的交流来研究参与者的影响力。最大化和最小化参与的理论概念被用于上下文化用户影响水平。该研究使用了基于社区参与性研究（CBPR）启发的框架来分析交流。结果表明，参与者如何利用论坛在项目中获得影响力，以及如何在社区论坛中体现CBPR的几个要素，即共享影响力，共同发展和相互使用。结论是，在参与性项目中使用CBPR方法可以产生知识的协同效应，并与可持续的参与性参与一起增强档案责任。