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By Anan\u00addi\u00adta Baj\u00adpai<\/a><\/strong>
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Image: Joachim Hei\u00addrich Nach\u00adlass, Zen\u00adtrum-Mod\u00adern\u00ader Ori\u00adent, pho\u00adto\u00adgraph by author, Decem\u00adber 2017<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Table of Con\u00adtents
<\/strong><\/a>Tra\u00adjec\u00adto\u00adries of the col\u00adlec\u00adtors \u2013 Joachim Hei\u00addrich and Petra Hei\u00addrich<\/a> | Emer\u00adgence of col\u00adlec\u00adtions and the life worlds of an archive<\/a> | \u201cWhose col\u00adlec\u00adtion?\u201d: From mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly entan\u00adgled sources to a vir\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly entan\u00adgled data\u00adbase<\/a> | Sus\u00adtain\u00ading Inner Archi\u00adtec\u00adtures, Artic\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading new Struc\u00adtures<\/a> | End\u00adnotes<\/a> | Bib\u00adli\u00adog\u00adra\u00adphy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Leib\u00adniz-Zen\u00adtrum Mod\u00adern\u00ader Ori\u00adent (ZMO<\/span>) was estab\u00adlished in 1996. Its pre\u00adde\u00adces\u00adsor insti\u00adtu\u00adtion, the Forschungss\u00adchw\u00ader\u00adpunkt Mod\u00adern\u00ader Ori\u00adent, emerged in 1992 from the Insti\u00adtute for Uni\u00adver\u00adsal His\u00adto\u00adry (Insti\u00adtut f\u00fcr All\u00adge\u00admeine Geschichte) of the Acad\u00ade\u00admy of Sci\u00adences (Akademie der Wis\u00adsenschaften) of the Ger\u00adman Demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic Repub\u00adlic (GDR<\/span>). The ZMO<\/span> library and archive con\u00adsist of sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant col\u00adlec\u00adtions of pri\u00advate papers besides host\u00ading mul\u00adti\u00adfar\u00adi\u00adous and exten\u00adsive lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture on his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal, anthro\u00adpo\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal and polit\u00adi\u00adcal themes engag\u00ading with the Mid\u00addle East, Asia and Africa as its region\u00adal focus. The pri\u00advate papers\u2019 hold\u00ading of the archive com\u00adpris\u00ades col\u00adlec\u00adtions by three emi\u00adnent East Ger\u00adman schol\u00adars \u2013 Horst Kr\u00fcger (1920\u20131989), Joachim Hei\u00addrich (1930\u20132004) and Petra Hei\u00addrich (1940\u20132006) \u2013 who researched on South Asia relat\u00aded themes. In the case of these three schol\u00adars specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, the archival hold\u00ading con\u00adsists of research relat\u00aded papers and no per\u00adson\u00adal diaries or oth\u00ader ego doc\u00adu\u00adments of the indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals. Tem\u00adpo\u00adral\u00adly, their col\u00adlec\u00adtions com\u00admenced in the 1960s and con\u00adtin\u00adued through the Cold War years (the themes researched have files that date back to colo\u00adnial India of the ear\u00adly twen\u00adti\u00adeth century).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a sem\u00adi\u00adnar organ\u00adised with\u00adin the frame\u00adwork of the BA<\/span> and MA<\/span> cours\u00ades offered at the Depart\u00adment for South Asian Stud\u00adies, Hum\u00adboldt-Uni\u00adver\u00adsit\u00e4t zu Berlin (one of the three part\u00adner insti\u00adtu\u00adtions of the MIDA<\/span> project), the team and the attend\u00ading stu\u00addents stud\u00adied, cat\u00ada\u00adlogued, indexed and dig\u00adi\u00adtized the papers of Joachim Hei\u00addrich and a part of those of Petra Hei\u00addrich. This entry will out\u00adline the the\u00ado\u00adret\u00adi\u00adcal and method\u00adolog\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions which inform the process of cat\u00ada\u00adlogu\u00ading a pri\u00advate col\u00adlec\u00adtion. It is organ\u00adised along three pri\u00adma\u00adry axes and uti\u00adlizes the col\u00adlec\u00adtions as an illus\u00adtra\u00adtive case study for revis\u00adit\u00ading larg\u00ader ques\u00adtions on archival archi\u00adtec\u00adtures. The main objec\u00adtive of the post is thus to trans\u00adpar\u00adent\u00adly share the process of cat\u00ada\u00adlogu\u00ading a col\u00adlec\u00adtion into a data\u00adbase with read\u00aders and ini\u00adti\u00adate a dis\u00adcus\u00adsion on ques\u00adtions relat\u00aded to the entan\u00adgled nature of archival col\u00adlec\u00adtions and how researchers de-and re-con\u00adsti\u00adtute their architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Fig\u00adure 1: <\/strong>Joachim Hei\u00addrich Nach\u00adlass, Zen\u00adtrum-Mod\u00adern\u00ader Ori\u00adent, pho\u00adto\u00adgraph by author, Decem\u00adber 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

<\/a>Trajectories of the collectors \u2013 Joachim Heidrich and Petra Heidrich<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Joachim Hei\u00addrich (13.07.1930\u201308.07.2004)<\/em>
Joachim Hei\u00addrich, born in 1930, stud\u00adied eth\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy (Volk\u00adskunde) and suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly fin\u00adished his doc\u00adtor\u00adal dis\u00adser\u00adta\u00adtion in 1958. His orig\u00adi\u00adnal train\u00ading was in Indol\u00ado\u00adgy cou\u00adpled with a pro\u00adfound knowl\u00adedge of the his\u00adto\u00adry and lan\u00adguages of India. Between 1973\u201381, Hei\u00addrich lived in India and held sev\u00ader\u00adal port\u00adfo\u00adlios for the GDR<\/span>\u2019s Min\u00adistry of For\u00adeign Affairs, includ\u00ading dif\u00adfer\u00adent posi\u00adtions at the embassy in New Del\u00adhi and that of the Con\u00adsulate Gen\u00ader\u00adal of the GDR<\/span> in Cal\u00adcut\u00adta. From 1981\u20131989, he worked at the Cen\u00adtral Insti\u00adtute of His\u00adto\u00adry (Zen\u00adtralin\u00adsti\u00adtut f\u00fcr Geschichte) fol\u00adlowed by the Insti\u00adtute for Uni\u00adver\u00adsal His\u00adto\u00adry (Insti\u00adtut f\u00fcr All\u00adge\u00admeine Geschichte) at the Acad\u00ade\u00admy of Sci\u00adences (Akademie der Wis\u00adsenschaften) of the GDR<\/span>. After this, and until 1995, he worked at ZMO<\/span>\u2019s pre\u00adde\u00adces\u00adsor insti\u00adtu\u00adtion, the Forschungss\u00adchw\u00ader\u00adpunkt Mod\u00adern\u00ader Orient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Petra Hei\u00addrich (13.11.1940\u201331.1. 2006)<\/em>
Petra Hei\u00addrich was born in 1940 in Berlin. She stud\u00adied Indol\u00ado\u00adgy and Social Anthro\u00adpol\u00ado\u00adgy at Hum\u00adboldt- Uni\u00adver\u00adsit\u00e4t zu Berlin. In 1965 she joined the Insti\u00adtute of Ori\u00aden\u00adtal Stud\u00adies, at the Acad\u00ade\u00admy of Sci\u00adences of the GDR<\/span>. Her research pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly focussed on social aspects of the agrar\u00adi\u00adan ques\u00adtion in India as well as on the Indi\u00adan peas\u00adant move\u00adment and its lead\u00aders in pre\u00adand post-inde\u00adpen\u00addence India. Dur\u00ading the 1970s, she spent sev\u00ader\u00adal years with her fam\u00adi\u00adly (Joachim Hei\u00addrich, men\u00adtioned above was mar\u00adried to Petra Hei\u00addrich). In 1983 she obtained her Ph.D. from the Acad\u00ade\u00admy of Sci\u00adences of the GDR<\/span> and was a staff mem\u00adber of the Insti\u00adtute of His\u00adto\u00adry till the dis\u00adso\u00adlu\u00adtion of the Acad\u00ade\u00admy of Sci\u00adences after the uni\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion of the two Ger\u00admanys. In 1992 she joined the Zen\u00adtrum Mod\u00adern\u00ader Ori\u00adent in Berlin and con\u00adtin\u00adued her research on social prob\u00adlems of mod\u00adern and con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary India. Her pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtions (main\u00adly in Ger\u00adman and Eng\u00adlish) include con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions on rur\u00adal devel\u00adop\u00adment pro\u00adgrammes, on the peas\u00adantry and peas\u00adant lead\u00aders, on the role of agri\u00adcul\u00adtur\u00adal labour and on social and reli\u00adgious reform move\u00adments in colo\u00adnial and inde\u00adpen\u00addent India. In the last years of her employ\u00adment at the cen\u00adtre, she worked on a com\u00adpar\u00ada\u00adtive biog\u00adra\u00adphy of the two peas\u00adant lead\u00aders\u2013 Swa\u00admi Saha\u00adjanand Saraswati and N.G.Ranga<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hei\u00addrich col\u00adlec\u00adtions at the archive of Leib\u00adniz-Zen\u00adtrum Mod\u00adern\u00ader Ori\u00adent com\u00adprise copies of Indi\u00adan news\u00adpa\u00adper arti\u00adcles, rare lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and files from diverse Indi\u00adan archives and libraries in Pat\u00adna, Del\u00adhi, Kolkata and Mum\u00adbai. Among oth\u00aders, the box\u00ades con\u00adsist of copies of pam\u00adphlets, mag\u00ada\u00adzines, min\u00adutes and pro\u00adceed\u00adings of meet\u00adings, let\u00adters, reports, micro\u00adfilms and their print\u00aded out hard copies as well as hand-writ\u00adten notes (see fig\u00adures 2a and 2b) and index\u00ades. These dif\u00adfer\u00adent kinds of sources cov\u00ader numer\u00adous themes that are rel\u00ade\u00advant for social his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adans of India\u2013 the labour and peas\u00adant move\u00adments in India, agri\u00adcul\u00adtur\u00adal prob\u00adlems in post\u00adcolo\u00adnial India, the devel\u00adop\u00adment of the All India Kisan Sab\u00adha (All India Peas\u00adants\u2019 Union), the emer\u00adgence of dif\u00adfer\u00adent polit\u00adi\u00adcal cur\u00adrents dur\u00ading the nine\u00adteenth and twen\u00adti\u00adeth cen\u00adturies, com\u00admu\u00adnism and sources relat\u00aded to the his\u00adto\u00adry of trade union\u00adism in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When stud\u00adied close\u00adly the col\u00adlect\u00aded files show that their indi\u00advid\u00adual research inter\u00adests also inter\u00adsect\u00aded on numer\u00adous themes. The col\u00adlec\u00adtions become a win\u00addow to their aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic world and the spe\u00adcif\u00adic themes that evoked their intrigue.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Fig\u00adure 2a:<\/strong> \u201cBol\u00adshe\u00advism. His\u00adto\u00adry Sheets of Com\u00admu\u00adnist Lead\u00aders in the Bom\u00adbay Pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adcy\u201d [Home Spe\u00adcial, State Archives Maha\u00adrash\u00adtra, File no. 543 (18) C], Hand-writ\u00adten details of files and notes, Source: Joachim Hei\u00addrich Nach\u00adlass, Box 1.9, Leib\u00adniz-Zen\u00adtrum Mod\u00adern\u00ader Ori\u00adent Archive, Berlin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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<\/a>Emergence of collections and the life worlds of an archive<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Any attempts at cat\u00ada\u00adlogu\u00ading and under\u00adstand\u00ading the inter\u00adnal orga\u00adniz\u00ading archi\u00adtec\u00adture of a col\u00adlec\u00adtion or an archive neces\u00adsi\u00adtates gain\u00ading back\u00adground knowl\u00adedge of the his\u00adto\u00adry of the col\u00adlec\u00adtion or the hold\u00ading. The inten\u00adtions and the cri\u00adte\u00adria that led to the col\u00adlec\u00adtion of sources (documents\/texts\/objects) help gain a com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive overview of the his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal moti\u00adva\u00adtions that trig\u00adgered the col\u00adlec\u00adtion and its even\u00adtu\u00adal incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adtion in a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar archive. In the case of the Joachim and Petra Hei\u00addrich pri\u00advate papers\u2019 col\u00adlec\u00adtions (Nach\u00adlass), these moti\u00adva\u00adtions are some\u00adwhat obvi\u00adous. As two GDR<\/span> schol\u00adars who were his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly and anthro\u00adpo\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly inter\u00adest\u00aded in British and post-colo\u00adnial India, their col\u00adlec\u00adtion opens a vibrant spec\u00adtrum of top\u00adics that they deemed cru\u00adcial for research on India with\u00adin the over\u00adar\u00adch\u00ading frame\u00adwork of acad\u00ade\u00admia in the GDR<\/span>. Their per\u00adson\u00adal tra\u00adjec\u00adto\u00adry also adds an inter\u00adest\u00ading lay\u00ader to the col\u00adlec\u00adtions. As res\u00adi\u00addents in India for over eight years, a rar\u00adi\u00adty for most his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adans as well as anthro\u00adpol\u00ado\u00adgists, both indeed prof\u00adi\u00adteered from exten\u00adsive archival vis\u00adits, often also col\u00adlect\u00ading an exhaus\u00adtive range of sources on themes, which did not nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly find their way into their pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtions direct\u00adly. Thus the col\u00adlec\u00adtions, when con\u00adtrast\u00aded with the lists of pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtions of the two schol\u00adars, also show which sources were effec\u00adtive\u00adly used to mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adize pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtions as well as sources on those top\u00adics that con\u00adtin\u00adued to evoke inter\u00adest for a sus\u00adtained peri\u00adod of time but could not take the shape of pub\u00adlished work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As men\u00adtioned, the themes one encoun\u00adters in the sources are diverse and mul\u00adti-lay\u00adered. Among oth\u00aders, they relate to \u2013 The All India Trade Union Con\u00adgress, the role of reli\u00adgious lead\u00aders in the peas\u00adant move\u00adment in the 1920s up to inde\u00adpen\u00addence, agrar\u00adi\u00adan and peas\u00adant his\u00adto\u00adry, peas\u00adant revolts, trade union\u00adism and strikes, the caste ques\u00adtion, pro\u00adceed\u00adings of the Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty of India and its role in the inde\u00adpen\u00addence move\u00adment as observed in secret reports of the Home Depart\u00adment of the colo\u00adnial gov\u00adern\u00adment and a com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive overview of the his\u00adto\u00adry of the polit\u00adi\u00adcal Left in India. These con\u00adscious\u00adly elect\u00aded themes not only reveal the kind of aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic inter\u00adests in India that were trig\u00adgered by the two schol\u00adars with\u00adin the GDR<\/span>, but they also reflect the over\u00adar\u00adch\u00ading frame\u00adwork of social\u00adism and com\u00admu\u00adnism inspired aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic tra\u00addi\u00adtions of the GDR<\/span> more generally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joachim Heidrich\u2019s col\u00adlec\u00adtions also become inter\u00adest\u00ading from anoth\u00ader per\u00adspec\u00adtive. As an anthro\u00adpol\u00ado\u00adgist who pur\u00adsued a career in diplo\u00adma\u00adcy and acquired posi\u00adtions with\u00adin the embassies soon after the GDR<\/span> was rec\u00adog\u00adnized by the Indi\u00adan gov\u00adern\u00adment, his life tra\u00adjec\u00adto\u00adry offers telling details about the ranks and files of GDR<\/span> diplo\u00adma\u00adcy in India more generally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These were not diplo\u00admats who did rapid crash-cours\u00ades on the sub\u00adcon\u00adti\u00adnent before embark\u00ading onto their diplo\u00admat\u00adic careers, but very often, care\u00adful\u00adly select\u00aded indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals who had had a sus\u00adtained, long-term aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic inter\u00adest in South Asian his\u00adto\u00adry and pol\u00adi\u00adtics. Joachim Hei\u00adderich, even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly re-turned to aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic research after being in diplo\u00admat\u00adic posi\u00adtions between 1973\u201381. Thus, his col\u00adlec\u00adtion, when viewed from the his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal lens, reveals cer\u00adtain impor\u00adtant ele\u00adments\u2013 (1) The inter\u00adsec\u00adtion of diplo\u00admat\u00adic and aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic careers; (2) A long peri\u00adod of res\u00adi\u00addence in India which enabled the Hei\u00addrichs to exten\u00adsive\u00adly con\u00adsult and copy an exhaus\u00adtive list of pri\u00adma\u00adry and sec\u00adondary sources on Indi\u00adan his\u00adto\u00adry from very diverse archives across the coun\u00adty and (3) The reflex\u00adive aware\u00adness that the col\u00adlec\u00adtion could be high\u00adly rel\u00ade\u00advant for the future gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion of schol\u00adars engag\u00ading with South Asia, as is also revealed by their care\u00adful index\u00ading, order\u00ading and list\u00ading of sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>\u201c<\/span>Whose collection?\u201d: From materially entangled sources to a virtually entangled database<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Hei\u00addrich col\u00adlec\u00adtions are unique in that they con\u00adsist of sources from Indi\u00adan archives and libraries sole\u00adly and, unlike most hold\u00adings from Ger\u00adman archives that have been cat\u00ada\u00adlogued and indexed in the MIDA<\/span> data\u00adbase, they do not have a sin\u00adgle file in the Ger\u00adman lan\u00adguage. They are a spe\u00adcial illus\u00adtra\u00adtion of entan\u00adgled archives where\u00adby it is not just the con\u00adtents of files but also rather the phys\u00adi\u00adcal pres\u00adence of sources on India from India in a Ger\u00adman archive that inter\u00adlinks hold\u00adings in India to those in Ger\u00admany. Besides, the col\u00adlec\u00adtions also indi\u00adcate the entan\u00adgled life tra\u00adjec\u00adto\u00adries of the two GDR<\/span> schol\u00adars of India who were also a cou\u00adple in pri\u00advate life. This has also borne con\u00adse\u00adquences for how the sources have been list\u00aded in a for\u00admat that is based on the struc\u00adture of the data\u00adbase. For exam\u00adple, Box 2.4 from Joachim Heidrich\u2019s col\u00adlec\u00adtions con\u00adsists of sources on Swa\u00admi Saha\u00adjanand Saraswati, an ascetic and a peas\u00adant leader, who also found\u00aded the All India Kisan Sab\u00adha in 1929. A brief overview of Petra Heidrich\u2019s schol\u00adar\u00adly inter\u00adests and pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtions may sug\u00adgest that these were sources col\u00adlect\u00aded by her for her com\u00adpar\u00ada\u00adtive research on N.G. Ran\u00adga and Saha\u00adjanand Saraswati. As researchers cat\u00ada\u00adlogu\u00ading the col\u00adlec\u00adtion, we are unaware if the con\u00adtents of Box 2.4. came to be insert\u00aded in the Joachim Hei\u00addrich col\u00adlec\u00adtion as an act of col\u00adlect\u00ading by the two researchers them\u00adselves of by the two per\u00adsons who assem\u00adbled the mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal and were respon\u00adsi\u00adble for enabling their trans\u00adfer to the archive after Petra Heidrich\u2019s death. This realm of uncer\u00adtain\u00adty and ambi\u00adgu\u00adi\u00adty is almost cer\u00adtain\u00adly part of the process of cat\u00ada\u00adlogu\u00ading for all archives. In this case, offi\u00adcial\u00adly, the Box con\u00adtin\u00adues to be part of the Joachim col\u00adlec\u00adtion at the archive and prece\u00addence was giv\u00aden to the order\u00ading in which the sources were inher\u00adit\u00aded. Thus, in order to ensure that the files appear as part of the Joachim Hei\u00addrich col\u00adlec\u00adtion to not dis\u00adturb the prove\u00adnance of the ZMO<\/span> archive and, at the same time, indi\u00adcate that they clear\u00adly were in fact col\u00adlect\u00aded by Petra Hei\u00addrich, such files have been list\u00aded under the Petra Hei\u00addrich Nach\u00adlass cat\u00ada\u00adlogue in the final list based on the struc\u00adture of the MIDA<\/span> data\u00adbase. How\u00adev\u00ader, those list\u00ading the sources for the data\u00adbase have ensured that read\u00aders, when read\u00ading the descrip\u00adtion of the box\u2019s con\u00adtents are duly aware that it actu\u00adal\u00adly is phys\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly placed in Box 2.4 of the Joachim Hei\u00addrich col\u00adlec\u00adtion. The team list\u00ading and index\u00ading these sources was often con\u00adfront\u00aded with the ques\u00adtion of whether in such obvi\u00adous cas\u00ades the files should be sep\u00ada\u00adrat\u00aded and placed in the respec\u00adtive collection\u2019s box\u00ades or if it would be ben\u00ade\u00adfi\u00adcial to put both the col\u00adlec\u00adtions togeth\u00ader as one col\u00adlec\u00adtive hold\u00ading in the name of both the researchers. We thus see how the act of \u2018vir\u00adtu\u00adal\u2019 or \u2018digi\u00adtial\u2019 re-order\u00ading, where\u00adas actu\u00adal\u00adly bear\u00ading no con\u00adse\u00adquences for the phys\u00adi\u00adcal place of the sources (all box\u00ades, whether from Petra or Joachim Heidrich\u2019s col\u00adlec\u00adtion, are placed on neigh\u00adbour\u00ading shelves in the same cel\u00adlar) does bear con\u00adse\u00adquences for how sources will be seen, accessed and re-placed\/\u00adcon\u00adtex\u00adtu\u00adalised in future indi\u00advid\u00adual research. All of this can thus result from a minute act of the cat\u00ada\u00adlogu\u00ading researcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a sim\u00adi\u00adlar tone, in one of the oth\u00ader box\u00ades, one encoun\u00adters a hand-writ\u00adten list of archival entries for micro\u00adfilm\u00ading, which has been signed by Horst Kr\u00fcger (per\u00adhaps part of the reg\u00adu\u00adlar exchange which Kr\u00fcger had with the two Hei\u00addrichs?). The list was inher\u00adit\u00aded from the Hei\u00addrich house and thus con\u00adtin\u00adues to be a part of the Hei\u00addrich col\u00adlec\u00adtions (see fig\u00adures 4) and not the Kr\u00fcger papers though once again, the descrip\u00adtion of the con\u00adtents of the box men\u00adtions that the list was actu\u00adal\u00adly pre\u00adpared by Horst Kr\u00fcger. Such seem\u00ading\u00adly minute and banal issues often become com\u00adplex top\u00adics for archivists more gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly when orga\u00adniz\u00ading \u201cthe place\u201d of hold\u00adings in larg\u00ader archives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fig\u00adure 4a:<\/strong> Page 1of 10, \u201cList for Micro\u00adfil\u00adim\u00ading\u201d, 1.03.1975, list of archival entries made by Horst Kr\u00fcger, place\/date mentioned\u2013\u201cNew Del\u00adhi on 01.03.1975\u201d. All con\u00adtents of the Box (2.5) are entries on this list. How\u00adev\u00ader, not all entries to be found on the list are to be found in the box. Source: Joachim Hei\u00addrich Nach\u00adlass, Box 2.5, Leib\u00adniz-Zen\u00adtrum Mod\u00adern\u00ader Ori\u00adent Archive, Berlin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fig\u00adure 4b:<\/strong> Page 10 of 10, \u201cList for Micro\u00adfil\u00adim\u00ading\u201d, 1.03.1975, signed by Horst Kr\u00fcger, Source: Joachim Hei\u00addrich Nach\u00adlass, Box 2.5, Leib\u00adniz-Zen\u00adtrum Mod\u00adern\u00ader Ori\u00adent Archive, Berlin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One of the objec\u00adtives of the MIDA<\/span> Archival Guide is to reflect on how the turn towards entan\u00adgled transna\u00adtion\u00adal and glob\u00adal his\u00adto\u00adries not only rais\u00ades new the\u00ado\u00adret\u00adi\u00adcal ques\u00adtions but also con\u00adfronts us with method\u00adolog\u00adi\u00adcal issues on the rela\u00adtion\u00adship between entan\u00adgled his\u00adto\u00adries and archives.[1]<\/a> Dis\u00adcus\u00adsions on archives and their inter\u00adtwined archi\u00adtec\u00adtures need to be incor\u00adpo\u00adrat\u00aded in our engage\u00adments with entan\u00adgled his\u00adto\u00adries. The Hei\u00addrich col\u00adlec\u00adtions housed by the ZMO<\/span> archive are an illus\u00adtri\u00adous exam\u00adple of how entan\u00adgled archives reflect, and often are a trace of, pasts, which are more inter\u00adwo\u00adven than ter\u00adri\u00adto\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly, con\u00adtain\u00ading state archives would lead us to believe. They become a win\u00addow not only to the aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic visions of the two schol\u00adars but also show the lega\u00adcy of India-relat\u00aded research inter\u00adests in archives which are not colo\u00adnial, and belong to a new insti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal struc\u00adture since the reuni\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion of the two Ger\u00admanys. The col\u00adlec\u00adtions also point to the impor\u00adtance of small\u00ader archives, which can enable schol\u00adars to shift their focus away from the ter\u00adri\u00adto\u00adri\u00adal\u00adiz\u00ading log\u00adics of larg\u00ader state archives. Thus, we see that the Hei\u00addrich col\u00adlec\u00adtions give us an idea of the top\u00adics that inter\u00adest\u00aded the two schol\u00adars, espe\u00adcial\u00adly with\u00adin the over\u00adar\u00adch\u00ading con\u00adtext of social sci\u00adences in social\u00adist GDR<\/span>. The col\u00adlec\u00adtions can be high\u00adly ben\u00ade\u00adfi\u00adcial for schol\u00adars inter\u00adest\u00aded in the his\u00adto\u00adry of the Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty of India, peas\u00adant move\u00adments and trade union\u00adism. In more ways than one they are an archive with\u00adin an archive giv\u00aden that the sources were copied from Indi\u00adan archives, are often to also be found in colo\u00adnial archives and are housed in a Ger\u00adman archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike the hold\u00adings of most Ger\u00adman archives, which chron\u00adi\u00adcle the his\u00adto\u00adry of Indo-Ger\u00adman entan\u00adgle\u00adments more direct\u00adly by mir\u00adror\u00ading sources that enable writ\u00ading bilat\u00ader\u00adal his\u00adto\u00adries, these col\u00adlec\u00adtions can tell vol\u00adumes about entan\u00adgled life tra\u00adjec\u00adto\u00adries of GDR<\/span> schol\u00adars who were inter\u00adest\u00aded in study\u00ading colo\u00adnial and post\u00adcolo\u00adnial India. This can be a fruit\u00adful area of research in its own right that has hith\u00ader\u00adto been rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly unex\u00adplored, espe\u00adcial\u00adly in the midst of the pol\u00adi\u00adtics post 1989 and the mak\u00ading of \u2018nation\u00adal\u2019 meta-nar\u00adra\u00adtives. The tran\u00adsi\u00adtions of 1989 pro\u00advoked dras\u00adtic shifts in the organ\u00adi\u00adsa\u00adtion of the GDR<\/span>\u2019s uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties and often result\u00aded in sud\u00adden halts in the careers of numer\u00adous aca\u00add\u00ade\u00admics.[2]<\/a>
This larg\u00ader trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion also impact\u00aded the aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic careers of sev\u00ader\u00adal schol\u00adars of South Asia in the GDR<\/span>. Although Petra Hei\u00addrich could con\u00adtin\u00adue with her research at the ZMO<\/span> after the tran\u00adsi\u00adtions faced by theGDR\u2019s Acad\u00ade\u00admy of Social Sci\u00adences, it was the rejec\u00adtion of her last fund\u00ading appli\u00adca\u00adtion in 2000 that brought her offi\u00adcial aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic career to an unex\u00adpect\u00aded stop.[3] <\/a>Though thecol\u00adlec\u00adtions do not offer any ego doc\u00adu\u00adments, they may be cru\u00adcial for any schol\u00adars trac\u00ading\u00adsuch biogra\u00adphies in under\u00adstand\u00ading the aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic endeav\u00adours of the collectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Sustaining Inner Architectures, Articulating new Structures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One of the main aims of the MIDA<\/span> project is to devel\u00adop an online open-access data\u00adbase that
sys\u00adtem\u00adat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly cat\u00ada\u00adlogues, index\u00ades and describes those files and hold\u00adings in key Ger\u00adman
archives which relate to Indi\u00adan his\u00adto\u00adry or the his\u00adto\u00adry of India-Ger\u00admany entan\u00adgle\u00adments.
With\u00adin the con\u00adtext of the ZMO<\/span> archive, the Hei\u00addrich col\u00adlec\u00adtions are ordered accord\u00ading to the
prin\u00adci\u00adple of prove\u00adnance with\u00adin the archi\u00adtec\u00adture of the archive. The MIDA<\/span> data\u00adbase trans\u00adforms this cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adriza\u00adtion accord\u00ading to the prin\u00adci\u00adple of per\u00adti\u00adnence by extract\u00ading such sources and order\u00ading them the\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, with India as the focus.[4]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the objec\u00adtives of the process of pro\u00adduc\u00ading the data\u00adbase, has been to simul\u00adta\u00adne\u00adous\u00adly mir\u00adror the archi\u00adtec\u00adture of the archive con\u00adcerned and nonethe\u00adless show\u00adcase the India-spe\u00adcif\u00adic sources. How can this be done effec\u00adtive\u00adly so that the data\u00adbase allows users to view the sources as they exist in the con\u00adtext in which they are embed\u00added in the archival struc\u00adture while simul\u00adta\u00adne\u00adous\u00adly insert\u00ading them in a new sys\u00adtem\u00adat\u00adic? This requires prob\u00ading into the struc\u00adture of the data\u00adbase and how the col\u00adlec\u00adtions are effec\u00adtive\u00adly list\u00aded in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The data\u00adbase, whose struc\u00adture became the guid\u00ading tool-kit for the stu\u00addents of the sem\u00adi\u00adnar while sys\u00adtem\u00adatiz\u00ading infor\u00adma\u00adtion from the Hei\u00addrichs\u2019 col\u00adlec\u00adtions, com\u00adpris\u00ades three dif\u00adfer\u00adent lev\u00adels of descrip\u00adtion\u2013 The \u2018Archive\u2019 field (Archiv), the \u2018Hold\u00adings\u2019 field (Archiv Bestand) and the \u2018Files\u2019 field (Archiva\u00adlien). In the case of the Hei\u00addrich col\u00adlec\u00adtions, there are two hold\u00adings described under the \u2018Hold\u00adings\u2019 field i.e. Nach\u00adlass Joachim Hei\u00addrich and Nach\u00adlass Petra Hei\u00addrich. The \u2018Files\u2019 field lists each indi\u00advid\u00adual file. The title of the file cor\u00adre\u00adsponds to the main title as list\u00aded on the first sheet of each group of pages that were care\u00adful\u00adly pinned togeth\u00ader by the col\u00adlec\u00adtors. It is here that one often encoun\u00adters pho\u00adto\u00adcopies of sev\u00ader\u00adal doc\u00adu\u00adments (numer\u00adous files from Indi\u00adan archives) which were placed togeth\u00ader as one file by the col\u00adlec\u00adtors. Thus, although an indi\u00advid\u00adual file may in real\u00adi\u00adty cor\u00adre\u00adspond to sev\u00ader\u00adal pho\u00adto\u00adcopied files, these are nonethe\u00adless treat\u00aded as a sin\u00adgu\u00adlar enti\u00adty (Ein\u00adheit) in order to sus\u00adtain the order\u00ading log\u00adic of the col\u00adlec\u00adtors. For exam\u00adple, Box 1.3 con\u00adsists of a file (see fig\u00adure 3), which is in fact a col\u00adlec\u00adtion of vary\u00ading doc\u00adu\u00adments that have been clipped togeth\u00ader as a sin\u00adgu\u00adlar enti\u00adty. The file has sim\u00adply been titled as \u201cTelegram (title illeg\u00adi\u00adble)\u201d in the MIDA<\/span> data\u00adbase entry. In the col\u00adumn titled \u2018Descrip\u00adtion of Con\u00adtents\u2019 (Inhalts\u00adbeschrei\u00adbung [En]), how\u00adev\u00ader, one can see that the file con\u00adsists of five dif\u00adfer\u00adent sources viz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. A Telegram com\u00adment\u00ading on anoth\u00ader doc\u00adu\u00adment (not entire\u00adly leg\u00adi\u00adble or comprehensible)<\/li>
  2. A let\u00adter of M.N. Roy<\/li>
  3. A news\u00adpa\u00adper arti\u00adcle titled: \u201cCom\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty in India \u2014 New Pro\u00adgramme out\u00adlined \u2014 M.N.Roy urges cap\u00adtur\u00ading of the work\u00ader\u2019s party.\u201d<\/li>
  4. A telegram from Shim\u00adla by the India News Agency on MN<\/span> Roy\u2019s speech<\/li>
  5. A secret week\u00adly report of the Direc\u00adtor Intel\u00adli\u00adgence Bureau of the Home Depart\u00adment analysing dif\u00adfer\u00adent anti-British move\u00adments in India and India-relat\u00aded for\u00adeign move\u00adments of the same nature. The dif\u00adfer\u00adent doc\u00adu\u00adments seem to have been col\u00adlect\u00aded from dif\u00adfer\u00adent sources all more or less relat\u00aded to com\u00admu\u00adnism in India in gen\u00ader\u00adal or M.N.Roy specifically.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Hence, in order to keep the orga\u00adniz\u00ading order undis\u00adturbed, the oth\u00ader\u00adwise five dif\u00adfer\u00adent sources have been treat\u00aded as a sin\u00adgu\u00adlar file in the data\u00adbase but they are also list\u00aded indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly in the descrip\u00adtion field to give the user a most detailed view into the con\u00adtents. At the same time, the exact source of the file is also incor\u00adpo\u00adrat\u00aded in the descrip\u00adtion. The per\u00adson mak\u00ading the entry men\u00adtions that the file was copied by Joachim Hei\u00addrich from the Home Depart\u00adment of the Nation\u00adal Archives of India (NAI<\/span>) beside the exact file num\u00adber as it appears in NAI<\/span>\u2019s cat\u00ada\u00adlogue. In this way, the orig\u00adi\u00adnal source is also indi\u00adcat\u00aded to a user while re-plac\u00ading the source in the new sys\u00adtem\u00adat\u00adic of the data\u00adbase. In some cas\u00ades, where vis\u00adi\u00adble in the form of offi\u00adcial stamps of the archives (Nation\u00adal Archives of India or NMML<\/span>), the date when the file was copied by the col\u00adlec\u00adtors is also mentioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Fig\u00adure 5:<\/strong> Snap\u00adshot of sev\u00aden columns from the Files Field (Archiva\u00adlien) as seen in the FUD\u00addata\u00adbase XL<\/span> list. Source: Joachim Hei\u00addrich Nach\u00adlass, Box 1.3, Leib\u00adniz-Zen\u00adtrum Mod\u00adernerOr\u00adi\u00adent Archive, Berlin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    This post has attempt\u00aded to engage users with the process of trac\u00ading, enlist\u00ading and index\u00ading sources relat\u00aded to India from a pri\u00advate col\u00adlec\u00adtion housed in the archive of the Leib\u00adnizZen\u00adtrum Mod\u00adern\u00ader Ori\u00adent, Berlin. In doing so it has point\u00aded to some of the method\u00adolog\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions involved when such sources, belong\u00ading to a giv\u00aden archival archi\u00adtec\u00adture, are extract\u00aded for being re-con\u00adfig\u00adured on a dig\u00adi\u00adtal plat\u00adform which has its own over\u00adar\u00adch\u00ading struc\u00adture and organ\u00adi\u00adsa\u00adtion\u00adal log\u00adic. At the same time, it has shown how entan\u00adgled archives (between the GDR<\/span> and India in this case) inter\u00adtwine with, and also reflect, the entan\u00adgled life tra\u00adjec\u00adto\u00adries of the col\u00adlect\u00ading his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adans. The main objec\u00adtive of the post has thus been to trans\u00adpar\u00adent\u00adly share the \u2018how\u2019 of dig\u00adi\u00adtal cat\u00ada\u00adlogu\u00ading as a process and the ques\u00adtions that arise when data is de\u2013 and re\u2013configured in the midst of trans\u00adform\u00ading order\u00ading systematics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/a>Endnotes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    <\/a><\/a>[1]<\/a> As an attempt to ini\u00adti\u00adate crit\u00adi\u00adcal dis\u00adcus\u00adsions on this, a first step tak\u00aden by the project is to orga\u00adnize a work\u00adshop espe\u00adcial\u00adly ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded to dis\u00adcussing the rela\u00adtion\u00adship between entan\u00adgled his\u00adto\u00adries and entan\u00adgled archives. See: the announce\u00adment of the project\u2019s inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal work\u00adshop in Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 2018 (Link to be added here).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    [2]<\/a> See for exam\u00adple, Hecht, A. (ed.), \u201cEnt\u00adt\u00e4uschte Hoff\u00adnun\u00adgen: Auto\u00adbi\u00adographis\u00adche Berichte abgewick\u00adel\u00adter Wis\u00adsenschaftler aus dem Osten Deutsch\u00adlands\u201d, s.l.: Ver\u00adlag am Park, 2008 and Idem, Die Wis\u00adsenschaft\u00adselite Ost\u00addeutsch\u00adlands. Feindliche \u00dcber\u00adnahme oder Inte\u00adgra\u00adtion?, Leipzig: Faber und Faber, 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/a>[3]<\/a> Hafn\u00ader, A., \u201cPetra Heidrich\u2019s research work in the con\u00adtext of the devel\u00adop\u00adment of South Asian Stud\u00adies at the ZMO<\/span> (1992\u20132000)\u201d, in: ZMO<\/span> Work\u00ading Papers, 1, 2010, pp. 1\u20137.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    [4]<\/a> For more reflec\u00adtions on the Per\u00adti\u00adnence and Prove\u00adnance prin\u00adci\u00adples see the Intro\u00adduc\u00adtion to the MIDA<\/span> Archival Guide (See the Intro\u00adduc\u00adtion to the Online Archival Guide) and on the process of re-struc\u00adtur\u00ading through data\u00adbas\u00ades, also see, Baj\u00adpai, A., Hey\u00admann, J. and Sus\u00adki, T., \u201cTrac\u00ading India in Ger\u00adman Archives: Entan\u00adgled Pasts in the age of Dig\u00adi\u00adtal Human\u00adi\u00adties\u201d, in: South Asia Chron\u00adi\u00adcle, 6, pp. 289\u2013314.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/a>Bibliography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Baj\u00adpai, A., Hey\u00admann, J. and Sus\u00adki, T., \u201cTrac\u00ading India in Ger\u00adman Archives: Entan\u00adgled Pasts in the age of Dig\u00adi\u00adtal Human\u00adi\u00adties\u201d, in: South Asia Chron\u00adi\u00adcle, 6, pp. 289\u2013314.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Hafn\u00ader, A., \u201ePetra Heidrich\u2019s research work in the con\u00adtext of the devel\u00adop\u00adment of South Asian Stud\u00adies at the ZMO<\/span> (1992\u20132000)\u201d, in: ZMO<\/span> Work\u00ading Papers, 1, 2010, pp. 1\u20137.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Hecht, A., Die Wis\u00adsenschaft\u00adselite Ost\u00addeutsch\u00adlands. Feindliche \u00dcber\u00adnahme oder
    Inte\u00adgra\u00adtion?, Leipzig: Faber und Faber, 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Hecht, A. (ed.), \u201eEnt\u00adt\u00e4uschte Hoff\u00adnun\u00adgen: Auto\u00adbi\u00adographis\u00adche Berichte abgewick\u00adel\u00adter Wis\u00adsenschaftler aus dem Osten Deutsch\u00adlands\u201c, s.l.: Ver\u00adlag am Park, 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Anan\u00addi\u00adta Baj\u00adpai,<\/strong> IAAW<\/span>, Hum\u00adboldt-Uni\u00adver\u00adsit\u00e4t zu Berlin, Leib\u00adniz-Zen\u00adtrum Mod\u00adern\u00ader Orient
    <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    MIDA<\/span> Archival Reflex\u00adi\u00adcon<\/strong>

    Edi\u00adtors: Anan\u00addi\u00adta Baj\u00adpai, Heike Liebau<\/strong>
    Lay\u00adout: Mon\u00adja Hof\u00admann, Nico Putz<\/strong>
    Host: ZMO<\/span>, Kirch\u00adweg 33, 14129 Berlin<\/strong>
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