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Personal archives and the shaping of collective memory in Portugal: results of a national census

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Zélia Pereira

In recent decades, several institutions have played a significant role in the preservation of personal archives, founded on their relevance to history, culture, and collective memory. Based on the results of a census carried out to identify memory institutions in Portugal and the personal archives they preserve, this article reflects on some aspects related to the role of these archival institutions in the construction of collective memory. Considerations are made on some archival practices that concern the appraisal and selection of records produced by individuals, and on the underlying policies for their safeguard for posterity that consider hierarchies of applied value, emphasizing the importance of certain documents, personalities, and social areas. Taking a closer look at the specific universe of personal archives that were preserved, the limits and implications of the processes of archival treatment are also questioned, namely their arrangement and description, exploring some levels of under-representation and how conscious decisions and historical influences have affected the final representation of individuals and of their archives. The global impact of the acts and decisions of memory institutions, individuals, families and other communities on archives is examined, along with its consequences for the correct understanding of what are personal archives and the definition of the underlying information systems, as well as the interpretation of the accumulation of information production contexts and its subsequent communication.

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ISBN: 978-989-26-1793-0
eISBN: 978-989-26-1794-7
DOI: h10.14195/978-989-26-1794-7_8
Área: Artes e humandidades
Páginas: 141-162
Data: 2019

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