Creation and Manipulation of Archives
Despite historians’ growing interest in memory and its different means of preservation, most historians continue to privilege what was written down at the time of an event, and assign less weight to oral testimonies obtained years afterwards. Memory, whether individual or collective, is perceived a...
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| Izdano u: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/bcrfj, |
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Jezik: | Anglais |
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Bulletin du Centre de recherche français à Jérusalem
2008
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| Online pristup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sažetak: | Despite historians’ growing interest in memory and its different means of preservation, most historians continue to privilege what was written down at the time of an event, and assign less weight to oral testimonies obtained years afterwards. Memory, whether individual or collective, is perceived as being defective and selective, partial and partisan, more difficult to handle. Memory emerges as a structuring of the forgotten. For this reason historiography is primarily dependent on written s... |
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