Uma abordagem arquivística dos recortes de jornal

Abstract

Newspaper clippings are present in both institutional and personal archives, and they pose a whole set of challenges to all stages of archival processing. This paper explores some of those challenges, notably those related to the archival description, highlighting the importance of defining the names of the documentary forms that characterize the material usually identified as “newspaper clippings.” To do so, it discusses the archival status of the newspaper cuttings and investigates their existence within the archives as a reflection of a rich, ancient tradition. Next, it demonstrates how the conceptual framework of diplomatics can be combined with concepts and notions from other fields of knowledge, such as the theory of journalism, editing, communication,and language studies, resulting in an analytical method that leads to the identification and definition of the names of the documentary forms. It also presents definitions of some documentary forms, which can be applied to the unitary or serial description. Finally, it points out possibilities for further research on the documentary forms derived from digital journalism.