Archival science, a discipline that is committed to safeguarding and conserving memory, is perhaps more successful in this context than in others in demonstrating its social role. The archivist, who participates in the restitution of memory to the community, who helps to present to society what happened beyond the gates of mental hospitals, is an active part in combating the social stigma of mental illness. Just as it has been studied by doctors, philosophers and historians, and just as it has been narrated and represented by literature and art, madness has entered the archive, and must have entered the archive, in some way, even before the advent of psychiatry and mental asylums. The essay offers a contribution to archival research on madness in the modern age.
L’archivistica, disciplina che si impegna a salvaguardare e conservare la memoria, riesce forse in questo contesto più che in altri a mostrare il suo ruolo sociale. L’archivista, che partecipa alla restituzione della memoria alla collettività, che aiuta a presentare alla società quanto avveniva di là dai cancelli dei manicomi, è parte attiva nel contrasto allo stigma sociale della malattia mentale. Così come è stata studiata dai medici, dai filosofi e dagli storici, e così come è stata narrata e rappresentata dalla letteratura e dall’arte, la follia è entrata in archivio, e deve essere entrata in archivio, in qualche modo, anche prima dell’avvento della psichiatria e dei manicomi. Il saggio offre un contributo alle ricerche archivistiche sulla follia in età moderna.
Archiviare la follia. Testimonianze documentarie di età moderna
Rapetti Mariangela
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2020-01-01
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Archival science, a discipline that is committed to safeguarding and conserving memory, is perhaps more successful in this context than in others in demonstrating its social role. The archivist, who participates in the restitution of memory to the community, who helps to present to society what happened beyond the gates of mental hospitals, is an active part in combating the social stigma of mental illness. Just as it has been studied by doctors, philosophers and historians, and just as it has been narrated and represented by literature and art, madness has entered the archive, and must have entered the archive, in some way, even before the advent of psychiatry and mental asylums. The essay offers a contribution to archival research on madness in the modern age.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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