Paradigmatic Archive

a reflection on the universal properties of Archival Institutions from the Archivo General das Indias

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36311/1940-1640.2020.v14n4.9987

Keywords:

Archive, Model, Form, Ontology, Archival properties, Institutional uses

Abstract

This paper aims to present the universals properties of the Archives, thought of as an archival institution, based on a priori philosophical reflection, to establish fundaments to determinate the graduation of these properties – and their maximum level, at the Paradigmatic Archive – and to confirm these properties through the forms observed in the General Archive of the Indies, that displays them to some degree. With that, the aim is to build a model for the Archives, determining how they should be. The interdisciplinary approach, between ontology and archivology, was adopted, integrating the method of philosophical reflection with documentary research procedures, based on pieces of fonds from the General Archive of the Indies, collection of images of the author and sources. The discussion addresses aspects of practices, forms and functions, which indicate the essence of the Archives and their path towards their paradigmatic ideality. The General Archive of the Indies is presented as a particular example that exemplifies these essential properties. Our conclusion is that there are certain essential universal properties of Archives, or archival institutions, which are: accessibility, durability and practicality. In addition, the proposed model is applicable for the institutionalization of Archives and also for the construction, reforms, implantations, the creation of new spaces, adaptations, restructuring in buildings and institutional uses of the Archive.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Alcaide, Antonio. “Rehabilitación y ampliación del Archivo de Indias.”Organizado por María. Albajar. La Casa Lonja de Sevilla: una casa de ricos tesoros. Archivo General de Indias, 2005, pp 63-77.

Aparac-Jeluši?, Tatjana. "The Convergence Paradigm as the Basis for the Design of New Programs in the Field of the Information Sciences." Annual Review of Cultural Heritage Informatics. Edited by Jennifer Arns. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016 pp.42-68

Araújo, Carlos Alberto Ávila. “Ciência da Informação, Biblioteconomia, Arquivologia e Museologia: relações institucionais e teóricas.” Encontos Bibli: Revista Eletrônica de Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação, Florianópolis, vol. 16, no. 31, 2011, pp.110-130 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5007/1518-2924.2011v16n31p110. Acessado 1 jul. 2020.

Beck, Ingrid. Recomendações para construção de Arquivos. Câmara Técnica de Conservação de Documentos do Conselho Nacional de Arquivos, 2000. http://conarq.gov.br/images/publicacoes_textos/recomendaes_para_construo_de_arquivos.pdf Acessado 1 jul. 2020.

Beck, Ingrid. O ensino da preservação documental nos cursos de arquivologia e biblioteconomia: perspectivas para formar um novo profissional. 2006. Universidade Federal Fluminense em convênio com o Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia, Dissertação de Mestrado.

Bellotto, Heloísa. Arquivística: objetos, princípios e rumos. Associação de Arquivistas de São Paulo. 2002.

Bothe, Alina. Meeting Survivors Online: Negotiating Memory in the Virtual In-Between. USC Shoah Foundation. 2016. https://sfi.usc.edu/events/meeting-survivors-online-negotiating-memory-%E2%80%9Cvirtual-between%E2%80%9D Acessado 07 abr. 2020.

Carlin, David and Laurene, Vaughan. Performing Digital: Multiple Perspectives on a Living Archive. Routledge, 2016.

Couture, Carol et al. Les fonctions de l'archivistique contemporaine. Presses de l'Université du Québec. 2011.

Figueiredo, Rodrigo Alexandre de. Uma caracterização das noções de particulares e universais, 2017. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Tese de doutorado.

Gonzalvo, Ana and Francisca, Gonzalvo?. Archivo General de Indias de Sevilla: bóvedas en escalera principal. Original datiloscrito. 1977.?

Gracy, David et al. “Where Function Meets Form: Observations And Thoughts On Housing For The Archival Enterprise.” Provenance: Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists, vol.18, no.1, 2000, pp 105-154?. https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/provenance/vol18/iss1/9/. Acessado em: 08 jan. 2020.

Heredia Herrera, Antonia. “Gestión de documentos y administración de archivos” Revista Códice vol. 4 no. 2, Jul.-Dez. 2008, pp. 43-50

Meneses, Ulpiano. “O campo do patrimônio cultural: uma revisão de premissas”. Anais do Fórum nacional de patrimônio cultural. Iphan, 2010. https://bit.ly/2pAsqTX. Acessado em: 7 jan. 2020.

Rosa, Maria de Lurdes (Org.) Arquivos de família, séculos XIII-XX: que presente, que futuro? Instituto de Estudos Medievais, 2012.

Trant, Jennifer. “Emerging Convergence? Thoughts on museums, archives, libraries and professional training.” Museum Management and Curatorship, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 369-386, 2009.

Valenti, Filippo. Nozione di base per un'Archivistica come euristica delle fonti documentarie. Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali Ufficio centrale per i Beni Archivistici, pubblicazioni degli Archivi di Dtato n.57, 2016.

Venâncio, Renato Pinto. Ser e não ser: as relações históricas entre arquivologia e ciência da informação. Brazilian Journal of Information Science: Research Trends. v.11, no.4. 2017. pp 23-32.

Downloads

Published

2020-09-19

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 4 - out-dez (2020)

Section

Papers

License

When submitting an article, the authors retain the copyright of the article, giving full rights to the Brazilian Journal of Information Science to publish the text.

The author(s) agree that the article, if editorially accepted for publication, shall be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Readers/users are free to: - Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format - Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms. Under the following terms: - Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. - ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits. Notices: - You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation. - No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.

Creative Commons License  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. 

 

How to Cite

“Paradigmatic Archive: A Reflection on the Universal Properties of Archival Institutions from the Archivo General Das Indias”. Brazilian Journal of Information Science: Research Trends, vol. 14, no. 4 - out-dez, Sept. 2020, p. e020010, https://doi.org/10.36311/1940-1640.2020.v14n4.9987.