Abstracts
Abstract
National book history projects are both informative and provocative: informative for the resources they assemble and the knowledge they promote, and provocative for their omissions and limitations. The History of the Book in Canada/Histoire du livre et de l’imprimé au Canada (3 vols 2004-2007) provided a remarkable opportunity for a large community of researchers across the country to investigate myriad aspects of Canada’s print culture in an increasingly multicultural population. Their focal points included authorship, publishing, distribution, and reading. The project established a baseline for subsequent studies in areas that were revealed to be under-researched and it continues to inspire new scholarly investigations. Working in both official languages, HBiC/HLIC’s editorial team forged a model for bilingual scholarly dissemination, a format that is surprisingly rare in the humanities in Canada. At the national level, its three volumes and many offshoots have enriched Canadians’ knowledge about themselves; at the international level, the project has established the presence of a relatively small country within the realm of global book history. As international book history scholars become increasingly conscious of the need to situate their investigations within trans-national contexts, we invite them to consider Canada’s stories and examples.
Résumé
Les projets de recherche portant sur une histoire du livre nationale sont à la fois informatifs et provocateurs : informatifs quant aux données qu’ils rassemblent et aux savoirs qu’ils diffusent, et provocateurs quant aux omissions et aux limites qui leur sont inhérentes. Le projet History of the Book in Canada/Histoire du livre et de l’imprimé au Canada (3 vol., 2004-2007) a constitué une occasion remarquable pour un grand nombre de chercheurs de partout au pays de se pencher sur quantité d’aspects de la culture de l’imprimé dans un contexte de plus en plus multiculturel. Ils se sont intéressés à la notion d’auteur, à l’édition, à la distribution et au lectorat. De plus, le projet a posé les bases d’études subséquentes portant sur des sujets qui se sont révélés sous-exploités et continue d’inspirer de nouveaux travaux. L’équipe de direction de HBiC/HLIC, qui travaillait dans les deux langues officielles, a instauré un modèle de diffusion bilingue des travaux de recherche, chose étonnamment rare dans le domaine des humanités au pays. Sur le plan national, les trois volumes publiés, ainsi que les nombreuses études auxquelles ils ont donné lieu, ont également enrichi la connaissance qu’ont les Canadiens de ce qu’ils sont. Sur le plan international, le projet a permis à un pays relativement modeste du point de vue de l’histoire mondiale du livre d’affirmer sa présence. Les historiens du livre étant de plus en plus conscients du fait qu’il leur faut situer leurs travaux dans des contextes transnationaux, nous les invitons à s’inspirer de ce qui s’est fait en la matière au Canada.
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