Social history of information and archives: from organizations to post-custodial
Code
722051377
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Formação ao Longo da Vida
Credits
10
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1. To understand the importance of timeliness and context in the study of information and its form of archival preservation.
2. To master the concepts and the theoretical tradition of social history.
3. To master the concepts and disciplinary tradition of Archival Science / Information Science.
4. To apprehend diachronically information and files.
5. To learn to find sources for a social history information and archives
6. To master the techniques of developing a research work in social history information and archives
Prerequisites
Not applicable
Subject matter
1. Concepts of social and cultural history.
2. Concepts of Archival Science / Information Sciences
3. Social history of archives and information: an ongoing disciplinary tradition
4. The information and archives in time: an overview
5. Social history of archives in the European West, the Greco-Latin world the century. XXI: great lines
6. Social history of archives in Portugal, secs. XII-XXI
Bibliography
Archives et nations dans l´Europe du XIXe siècle. ed. B. DELMAS, Ch. NOUGARET. Paris: École Nationale des Chartes, 2004
Archivi e storia nell´Europa del XIX secolo. 2 vols. Roma: Ministerio per i Beni Culturali, 2006
BLAIR, Ann, MILLIGAN, Jennifer - Introduction. Archival Science, vol. 7, n. 4 (Dezembro 2007), 289-296
BLOUIN, JR., Francis X., ROSENBERG, William G. - Processing the past : contesting authority in history and the archives. Nova Iorque : Oxford University Press, 2011
ROSA, Maria de Lurdes - Apresentação Arquivos de família: para um roteiro de temas e problemas, in Arquivos de família, séc. XIII-XX: que presente, que futuro? Mª de Lurdes Rosa (org.), pp. 15-30, Lisboa, IEM-CHAM-Caminhos Romanos, 2012
Teaching method
The seminar will be developed through classroom lessons and independent work of students, supervised by individual tutorials.
- The classes will have a theoretical and practical nature, being constituted by moments of theoretical exposition of themes, concepts, practical exercises, oral presentations and discussions participated by students.
- The independent student work should complement and deepen the knowledge transmitted in the classroom, promoting their independent learning
Evaluation method
The evaluation will be based on the following weighting:
- Presentation and discussion of a theoretical or historiographical (single) text - 50%
- Elaboration of a research project on information / files in historical context (individual) (50%).