Professor Harriet Edquist surveys some of the issues that surround the ever-expanding idea of the archive, with examples ranging from the highly structured archive of John Soane to the participatory and community-oriented archive models advocated by contemporary museology.

Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 15 June 2017, in association with SCAF Projects 34 & 35, The inventive work of Shigeru Ban.