The Ambiguous Uses of History, Memory and the Archive

This text, which parts from the last issue of Íconos, “Rethinking the Archive,” addresses the complex relationship between history, memory and the archive. The text is not a criticism but rather a comment whose purpose is to discuss some of the tendencies in perceiving these relationships: 1) assumi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Kingman, Eduardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Ecuador
Institución:Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Repositorio:Revista ICONOS
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/364
Acceso en línea:https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/364
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:History
memory
archive
Historia
Memoria
Archivo
Memory
Archive
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Sumario:This text, which parts from the last issue of Íconos, “Rethinking the Archive,” addresses the complex relationship between history, memory and the archive. The text is not a criticism but rather a comment whose purpose is to discuss some of the tendencies in perceiving these relationships: 1) assuming there is only one way of producing history and thus only one way of relating to the archive 2) failing to differentiate one type of archive from another, thus failing to avoid the so-called archive fever 3) confusing history and memory, or rather separating one from another without finding commonalities between both 4) conceiving memory solely in relation to historiography (or anthropology) without acknowledging its role in fields such as film or contemporary art.