Configuration process of the Uruguayan historiographical field

The configuration process of the Uruguayan historiographical field was slow. It began to bedefined by the middle of XXth century when education and professionalization centers like theFaculty of Humanities and Sciences of the University of the Republic (1945) and the Institute ofProfessors Artigas (...

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Author: Sansón, Tomás
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2011
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP)
Repository:História da Historiografia
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.historiadahistoriografia.com.br:article/204
Online Access:https://www.historiadahistoriografia.com.br/revista/article/view/204
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Historiography
Historiography Field
Uruguay
Historiografía
Campo historiográfico
Historiografia
Uruguai
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Summary:The configuration process of the Uruguayan historiographical field was slow. It began to bedefined by the middle of XXth century when education and professionalization centers like theFaculty of Humanities and Sciences of the University of the Republic (1945) and the Institute ofProfessors Artigas (1949) were established. The backgrounds go back to the period ofmodernization and were articulated in a diffuse transnational space, of Rio de la Plata area,conditioned by the guidelines provided by an intense interaction among authors and currentswhich generated founding stories and identity mythemes of nationalist character. The objectivesof this article are to analyze its records, its consolidation process, and to identify its particularcharacteristics.