História oral como técnica para o arquivista na construção do arranjo documental

Abstract

Archival and contemporary knowledge area, has many challenges in their field of work. The reality is that many institutions have a large volume document and has no physical structure, put in the wrong way and without organization. On the question of the organization of documents, documentary score enters as a first step to organizing mass documentary, this fundamental step for the development of other activities, eg, classification and description. This paper aims to show the interface of two areas of knowledge: Archival and History. Working the dialogue between these two fields of knowledge is important because the history provides contribution to the development of the work of the archivist. Showed, in general, as the archivist can use the technique of oral history to build institutional memory, which defines the document arrangement. Characterized as desk research, using texts on the subject. Stood out through this study that the documentary gaps in institutions hinder the work of the archivist, since existing documents often do not respond our questions as professionals. To meet the need for information regarding the construction of a consistent arrangement have oral history as one of stemming techniques of history as an aid in gathering information from employees and former employees to rebuild the administrative history and memory institucional. That dialogue shows that Archival uses the methods of history, specifically in the document management.