2018 Volume 29 Pages 51-61
This article explores the relationship between public archives and accountability based on the concept of time axis in three case studies. First, the importance of the views of government officials as creators of archives indicates that the number of archives for accountability would decrease if regulations and standards for archive creation were not designed according to officialsʼ views. Second, diplomatic archives have specific roles in public diplomacy toward expatriates as well as accountability to nationals, now and in the future. This is why the diplomatic archive as a governmental facility functions differently from general public archives. Third, some cases of transitional justice, especially in Taiwan, show that it is possible for the boundary between public and private documents to change in the process of transitional justice.
