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ARCHIVISTICS FOR HISTORICAL RESEARCH Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Objectives
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:
Paolo Franzese, Manuale di archivistica italiana, seconda edizione, Perugia, Morlacchi, 2018
Patrizia Angelucci, Breve storia degli archivi e dell’archivistica, con un’«Appendice documentaria» a cura di Maria Grazia Bistoni Colangeli, nuova edizione, Perugia, Morlacchi, 2017
non attending students:
Linda Giuva, Maria Guercio, Archivistica. Teoria, metodi, pratiche , Roma, Carocci, 2014
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 Archives in Chieti are also planned.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
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.