The refusal of secrets: exercise of rights and access to public archives

Thousands of secret government registers relative to many countries were published in recent years at the Internet through WikiLeaks. This polemic action gives the opportunity to discuss, in this article, some historical aspects of the access to public archival documents, their use for the productio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Gonçalves, Janice
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC)
Repositorio:Tempo e Argumento
Idioma:francés
OAI Identifier:oai::article/3496
Acceso en línea:https://www.periodicos.udesc.br/index.php/tempo/article/view/2175180305092013244
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:arquivos públicos
cidadania
documentação arquivística
arquivologia
arquivos - história
archives publiques
citoyenneté
documents d’archives
archivistique
archives - histoire
archival documents
public archives
citizenship
archival science
archives - history
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Sumario:Thousands of secret government registers relative to many countries were published in recent years at the Internet through WikiLeaks. This polemic action gives the opportunity to discuss, in this article, some historical aspects of the access to public archival documents, their use for the production of historical knowledge and their relevance to citizenship and to consolidate democratic practices. The debate about archival appraisal and its relationship to archival documents access are also briefly discussed.