This intrigued me as further evidence of Edwards’ ‘gathering” and the non-separation of matter and meaning.  The documents themselves are entangled with the human world they enact with. (Clumsy sentence!)  Perhaps Latour’s “quasi objects”.

Barad as quoted in Edwards:

“Making knowledge is not simply about making facts but about making worlds or making specific worldly configurations”  and goes on ” not making ex nihilo or out of language, belief or ideas but materially engaging as part of the world in giving it specific material form.”