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Archival LibraryWhen Interpretation Becomes AuthorityDorian Vale
Archival LibraryWhen Interpretation Becomes AuthorityDorian Vale
Research dialogue · 2026-11-11
When Interpretation Becomes Authority
Dorian Vale’s editorial account of correspondence with Alexander V. Markov examines how critical language acquires authority through museum labels, catalogues and institutional procedures. The exchange connects Post-Interpretive Criticism with the Semiotics of Non-intentional Ephemerality while preserving the attribution of proposals, disagreement and limits of documentary evidence.
