20704014 - ARCHIVE-KEEPING

The course aims to provide basic theoretical knowledge about archives in the phase of their formation, as well as the treatment of historical archives, linking the principles of archival tradition to the new context determined by the evolution of information and communication technologies. It also offers an opportunity for contact with historical documentation both as a first approach to the problems of historical research in the archive. The course also aims to introduce the historical evolution of the archive as an institute or archives intended not only as a system of theoretical principles but also as a material tradition of organization and conservation of documentation and to refine the knowledge of the mechanisms of production of the documents and to verify the evolutionary stages of the protection legislation developed over time.


Curriculum

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Programme

The following topics will be dealt with during the course:

- the archival document and its characteristics;
- developing an archive;
- selection;
- historical archives;
- methods of organization;
- information systems for archives: local, national, international;
- archives and other cultural assets: libraries, museums, collections;
- historical components of archives.


Core Documentation

General texts:

1) One to choose:

- G. Bonfiglio Dosio, Primi passi nel mondo degli archivi. Temi e testi per la formazione archivistica di primo livello, Padova, Cleup, 2010

- L. Giuva-M. Guercio, Archivistica. Teorie, metodi, pratiche, Roma, Carocci, 2014 (capp. 1-6, 14, 17)

- F. Valacchi, Diventare archivisti, Milano, Editrice bibliografica, 2015

2) I. Zanni Rosiello, Gli archivi tra passato e presente, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2005

3) M. Bloch, Apologia della storia o mestiere di storico, Torino, Einaudi, 2009, pp. 39-103 (capp. 2-3)

Articles on specific topics:

- G. Cencetti, Scritti archivistici, Roma 1970, pp. 38-69 ("Il fondamento teorico della dottrina archivistica"; "Sull'archivio come universitas rerum"; "Inventario bibliografico e inventario archivistico") - provided in digital format

- C. Pavone, Ma è poi tanto pacifico che l'archivio rispecchi l'istituto?, in "Rassegna degli Archivi di Stato", 1970, pp. 145-149 - provided in digital format

- F. Valenti, Riflessioni sulla natura e struttura degli archivi, in "Rassegna degli Archivi di Stato", 1981, pp. 9-37 - provided in digital format

- A. D'Addario, Lineamenti di storia dell'archivistica (secc. XVI-XIX), in "Archivio storico italiano", 1990, pp. 3-35 - provided in digital format


Type of delivery of the course

The course will be made up of 36 one-hour lessons ( 6 credits), and will take place in classroom with slides and other teaching material provided by the teacher. Some visits to institutions that conserve archives will be undertaken in order to analyze different types of documentation systems and the relative mode of description and research.

Type of evaluation

The knowledge and skills developed by students will be verified by means of an oral exam with a mark out of 30. The student must be able to clearly explain the contens of the course using the appropriate vocabulary and language.

teacher profile | teaching materials

Programme

The following topics will be dealt with during the course:

- the archival document and its characteristics;
- developing an archive;
- selection;
- historical archives;
- methods of organization;
- information systems for archives: local, national, international;
- archives and other cultural assets: libraries, museums, collections;
- historical components of archives.


Core Documentation

General texts:

1) One to choose:

- G. Bonfiglio Dosio, Primi passi nel mondo degli archivi. Temi e testi per la formazione archivistica di primo livello, Padova, Cleup, 2010

- L. Giuva-M. Guercio, Archivistica. Teorie, metodi, pratiche, Roma, Carocci, 2014 (capp. 1-6, 14, 17)

- F. Valacchi, Diventare archivisti, Milano, Editrice bibliografica, 2015

2) I. Zanni Rosiello, Gli archivi tra passato e presente, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2005

3) M. Bloch, Apologia della storia o mestiere di storico, Torino, Einaudi, 2009, pp. 39-103 (capp. 2-3)

Articles on specific topics:

- G. Cencetti, Scritti archivistici, Roma 1970, pp. 38-69 ("Il fondamento teorico della dottrina archivistica"; "Sull'archivio come universitas rerum"; "Inventario bibliografico e inventario archivistico") - provided in digital format

- C. Pavone, Ma è poi tanto pacifico che l'archivio rispecchi l'istituto?, in "Rassegna degli Archivi di Stato", 1970, pp. 145-149 - provided in digital format

- F. Valenti, Riflessioni sulla natura e struttura degli archivi, in "Rassegna degli Archivi di Stato", 1981, pp. 9-37 - provided in digital format

- A. D'Addario, Lineamenti di storia dell'archivistica (secc. XVI-XIX), in "Archivio storico italiano", 1990, pp. 3-35 - provided in digital format


Type of delivery of the course

The course will be made up of 36 one-hour lessons ( 6 credits), and will take place in classroom with slides and other teaching material provided by the teacher. Some visits to institutions that conserve archives will be undertaken in order to analyze different types of documentation systems and the relative mode of description and research.

Type of evaluation

The knowledge and skills developed by students will be verified by means of an oral exam with a mark out of 30. The student must be able to clearly explain the contens of the course using the appropriate vocabulary and language.