ARCHIVISTICS FOR HISTORICAL RESEARCH

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

BASA024

Academic Year of enrolment:

2020

Year of supply:

2020/2021

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in CULTURAL HERITAGE: ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF ART

Disciplinary Sector:

Library Management

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

DE BERARDINIS ANTONELLO

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

108

Objectives

Knoledge and skills:

1. the concept of the archival document: its value and the archival bond;
2. phases of archive life and archival finding aids, analogical and on line;
3. methods of production, conservation and inventorying of documents of medieval, modern and contemporary age;
4. to expound critically the technical and historical issues addressed during the course;
5. learning methodology interdisciplinary.

Contents

1. Archives and other cultural heritage complexes: libraries, museums, collections.
2. Archives: definition, function and legislation.
3. The history of archives.
4. The concept of the archive: the archival bond and the relationship between creator and archive.
5. Phases of archive life.
6. Current records and semi-current records: characteristics and management tools.
7. Records appraisal for preservation and disposal.
8. Arrangement, description and inventory.
9. Archival finding aids: lists, inventories and guides.
10. Introduction to archive management technic with practical classes.
11. Basics of archive conservation and use.
12. Educational use of source and methods of archival research.
13. Visits to various types of archives in Chieti.
14. Workshop activity.

Recommended Bibliography

attending students:

Linda Giuva, Maria Guercio, Archivistica. Teoria, metodi, pratiche , Roma, Carocci, 2014

non attending students:

additional supplementary reading:

Elio Lodolini, Storia dell’archivistica italiana, Milano, Angeli, 2013

Students could study different books according with the professor.

Further bibliographical references will be given during the course lessons.

Teaching Methods

Lectures in the classroom. seminars on specific topics and educational visits in Governmental Archive in Chieti are also planned.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Oral examination

Contacts/More Information

The course presents and discusses the history, the theoretical principles, the fundamentals of the technical procedures of archival science. On the basis of these assumptions will be illustrated the methods of production, conservation and inventorying of documents of medieval, modern and contemporary age.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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