At the end of the course, the student will know the structure of the archives and will know how to recognize the operations of each phase of the archive's life.
Course Prerequisites
No particular prerequisites are required, knowledge of Italian history from the late eighteenth century to the entire twentieth century will be considered as known.
Teaching Methods
Lectures. The lectures will be accompanied by one or more visits to the archives in order to go beyond the theoretical knowledge of the concepts exposed during classroom lessons.
Assessment Methods
Oral exam. For attending students, the evaluation of the exam will focus on the knowledge of the topics covered in class and on the referenced bibliography. The evaluation will take into account the personal contribution and insights voluntarily performed by each students during the course. For non-attending students, evaluation will be refered to the bibliography.
Texts
F. Valacchi, Diventare archivisti, Ed. Bibliografica, 2015 L. Roselli, Gli archivi dispersi. Il Centro manoscritti di Pavia, in «Archivi», VIII n. 2 (luglio- dicembre 2013), p. 153-165. L. Roselli, Bambini abbandonati e bambini in custodia. Due fonti per l'assistenza all'infanzia nella Pavia dell'Ottocento, in «Archivi», XI n. 2 (luglio-dicembre 2016), p. 33-48. P. G. Weston, E. Carbè, P. Baldini, Se i bit non bastano: pratiche di conservazione del contesto di origine per gli archivi letterari nativi digitali, in «Bibliothecae.it», 6 (2017).
Contents
The course covers the basic issues of archival knowledge, with reference to theoretical principles, legal aspects and management elements. The archive is observed in its different phases: the formative and structural moments, the deposit phase and the final phase, in which the concept of permanent preservation places archival material in an innovative context with reference to the previous phases.
Course Language
Italian
More information
The course aims to provide the tools and methodology to orient oneself in the archives
