The refusal of secrets: exercise of rights and access to public archives

Thousands of secret government registers relative to many countries were published in recent years at the Internet through WikiLeaks. This polemic action gives the opportunity to discuss, in this article, some historical aspects of the access to public archival documents, their use for the productio...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor: Gonçalves, Janice
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2013
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC)
Repositório:Tempo e Argumento
Idioma:francês
OAI Identifier:oai::article/3496
Acesso em linha:https://www.periodicos.udesc.br/index.php/tempo/article/view/2175180305092013244
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:arquivos públicos
cidadania
documentação arquivística
arquivologia
arquivos - história
archives publiques
citoyenneté
documents d’archives
archivistique
archives - histoire
archival documents
public archives
citizenship
archival science
archives - history
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Resumo:Thousands of secret government registers relative to many countries were published in recent years at the Internet through WikiLeaks. This polemic action gives the opportunity to discuss, in this article, some historical aspects of the access to public archival documents, their use for the production of historical knowledge and their relevance to citizenship and to consolidate democratic practices. The debate about archival appraisal and its relationship to archival documents access are also briefly discussed.