"How might the process of putting our outrage in order- collecting and order the culturl and intellectual products of resistance movements- remain deeply attached to the communities of practice from which they emerge as they migrate to established archives?" Eichorn 2013, 157
Eichorn grapples with the institutionalization of women's and queer people's archives from the second wave of the women's liberation movement. Eichorn acknowledges fears and critiques about the privatization of radical activism and poses the question: "what's at stake for knowledge production and activism when we foster these relationships?" (157)
Eichorn writes that in their experience, the archivists with which they have encountered are entrenched within the communities that they are archiving - involved in some sort of grassroots or community engagement. Eichorn seems to view this, as do some other texts about power and archivism, as central to liberation. Archives should not be made for the scholar alone, but should work in order to aid grassroots activism and social movements.
