This dissertation addresses issues with regard to veracity in situations where dynamic environments are observed with the intention to make static documentation. An increasingly internet-driven society may give more weight to Derrida's attestation in Archive fever that, regardless of our drive to trace everything back to its inception, you cannot find the root of all roots. I will argue that this inability may inhibit the attainment of a status of veracity for a slice of information, and use exa…
Read moreThis dissertation addresses issues with regard to veracity in situations where dynamic environments are observed with the intention to make static documentation. An increasingly internet-driven society may give more weight to Derrida's attestation in Archive fever that, regardless of our drive to trace everything back to its inception, you cannot find the root of all roots. I will argue that this inability may inhibit the attainment of a status of veracity for a slice of information, and use examples of my own documentation to come to a better understanding of what the problems are. I conclude by suggesting that, while actual objectivity in documentation may be improbable, excusing it on the basis of that improbability may appear an avoidance of responsibility.