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 course examines the following topics:
- the concept of the archive: the archival bond and the relationship between creator and archive;
- archives and other cultural heritage complexes: libraries, museums, collections;
- phases of archive life: current records and semi-current records: characteristics and management tools;
- records appraisal for preservation and disposal;
- elements of the history of the archives;
- elements of archival legislation.


Core Documentation

General texts

1) Federico Valacchi, Diventare archivisti, Milano, Editrice bibliografica, 2015;

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


Articles on specific topics

- Giorgio Cencetti, Scritti archivistici (in particolare, Il fondamento teorico della dottrina archivistica; Sull'archivio come "universitas rerum"; Inventario bibliografico e inventario archivistico), Roma 1970, pp. 38-69;
- Claudio Pavone, Ma è poi tanto pacifico che l'archivio rispecchi l'istituto?, in "Rassegna degli Archivi di Stato", 1970, pp. 145-149;
- Arnaldo D'Addario, Lineamenti di storia dell'archivistica (secc. XVI-XIX), in "Archivio storico italiano", 1990, pp. 3-35;
- Stefano Vitali, Memorie, genealogie, identità, in Il potere degli archivi. Usi del passato e difesa dei diritti nella società contemporanea, a cura di Linda Giuva, Stefano Vitali, Isabella Zanni Rosiello, Milano, Mondadori, 2007, pp. 67-134.




Type of delivery of the course

Classes have a duration of 36 hours in total (6 CFU), and take place with the help of slides and other teaching materials.

Type of evaluation

At the end of the course the student will have the skills necessary to orientate himself in the fields of archival science, and will understand the general lines of the methods of production, management, conservation, enhancement and fruition of archives.

teacher profile | teaching materials

Programme

The course examines the following topics:
- the concept of the archive: the archival bond and the relationship between creator and archive;
- archives and other cultural heritage complexes: libraries, museums, collections;
- phases of archive life: current records and semi-current records: characteristics and management tools;
- records appraisal for preservation and disposal;
- elements of the history of the archives;
- elements of archival legislation.


Core Documentation

General texts

1) Federico Valacchi, Diventare archivisti, Milano, Editrice bibliografica, 2015;

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


Articles on specific topics

- Giorgio Cencetti, Scritti archivistici (in particolare, Il fondamento teorico della dottrina archivistica; Sull'archivio come "universitas rerum"; Inventario bibliografico e inventario archivistico), Roma 1970, pp. 38-69;
- Claudio Pavone, Ma è poi tanto pacifico che l'archivio rispecchi l'istituto?, in "Rassegna degli Archivi di Stato", 1970, pp. 145-149;
- Arnaldo D'Addario, Lineamenti di storia dell'archivistica (secc. XVI-XIX), in "Archivio storico italiano", 1990, pp. 3-35;
- Stefano Vitali, Memorie, genealogie, identità, in Il potere degli archivi. Usi del passato e difesa dei diritti nella società contemporanea, a cura di Linda Giuva, Stefano Vitali, Isabella Zanni Rosiello, Milano, Mondadori, 2007, pp. 67-134.




Type of delivery of the course

Classes have a duration of 36 hours in total (6 CFU), and take place with the help of slides and other teaching materials.

Type of evaluation

At the end of the course the student will have the skills necessary to orientate himself in the fields of archival science, and will understand the general lines of the methods of production, management, conservation, enhancement and fruition of archives.