As the European powers appeared to withdraw from their colonies, they often took with them records that were subsequently claimed by the governments of the newly independent countries. These records are post-colonial examples of displaced archives. In recent history, the problem of displaced archives has been approached as a legal problem, and this has produced relatively few resolutions to archival claims. This article approaches displaced archives from a new perspective, applying theories and concepts recently introduced into archival theory by Michelle Caswell, Anne Gilliland and Marika Cifor: affect, imagined records and impossible archival imaginaries, and radical empathy. This article will show that these concepts, which have been deployed to decolonise diverse aspects of archival work, could also help resolve a persistent international problem, which is both technical and geopolitical/diplomatic. This article will argue that archival theory, as recently influenced by Caswell, Gilliland and Cifor, demands a significantly changed approach to archival displacement, even as it sometimes arrives at established positions on repatriation and access. This change involves opening up dialogues about displaced archives to considerations beyond the juridical or geopolitical, to form richer understandings of archival displacement and its effects on individuals and communities. The article challenges individual archivists to apply the concepts of affect, imagined records and impossible archival imaginaries, and radical empathy in their work with colonial records as a component of decolonial archival praxis, and finally proposes a critical theorisation of displaced archives.

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激进的同理心，（后）殖民记录中的想象和影响：如何摆脱流离失所档案中的国际僵局

随着欧洲大国似乎从其殖民地撤出，他们经常带着记录，这些记录后来被新独立国家的政府要求保护。这些记录是流离失所档案的后殖民例子。在最近的历史中，流离失所的档案问题已被视为一个法律问题，这对档案要求产生了相对较少的解决方案。本文从一个新的角度来研究流离失所的档案，运用米歇尔·卡斯韦尔，安妮·吉利兰德和马里卡·奇佛尔最近在档案理论中引入的理论和概念：影响力，想象中的记录和不可能的档案想象力以及激进的移情。本文将展示这些概念，这些概念已被用来非殖民化档案工作的各个方面，还可以帮助解决一个长期存在的国际问题，这既是技术问题，也是地缘政治/外交问题。本文将论证，最近受卡斯韦尔（Caswell），吉利兰德（Gilliland）和奇佛（Cifor）影响的档案理论要求对档案流离失所采取重大改变的方法，即使它有时在遣返和利用方面已经确立了立场。这一变化涉及就流离失所的档案进行对话，而不是出于法律或地缘政治的考虑，以形成对档案流离失所及其对个人和社区的影响的更丰富的理解。本文向档案管理员挑战，运用情感，想象的记录和不可能的档案想象力的概念，以及将殖民记录作为非殖民档案实践的一部分进行激进的移情，