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Archiving anthropology in Portugal

SÓNIA VESPEIRA DE ALMEIDA

E-mail address: sonia.almeida@fcsh.unl.pt

Invited Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at NOVA‐FCSH and Senior Researcher at the Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA/NOVA FCSH), Lisbon, Portugal.

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RITA CACHADO

E-mail address: rita.cachado@iscte-iul.pt

Integrated Researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology, University Institute of Lisbon (CIES–IUL) and Invited Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Research Methods (ESPP–IUL), Lisbon, Portugal.

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First published: 01 February 2019
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8322.12484
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Abstract

This article examines some of the issues surrounding archiving in anthropology. It provides an account of archiving in the Portuguese context and seeks to problematize anthropology archives, contributing to the as yet timid debate over this question in the field. There are various ways of recording ethnographies and saving the ensuing records. Anthropologists often reflect on their archives, but rarely make these reflections public. Nor do we know much about what anthropologists in general plan to do with their fieldnotes, diaries, images, maps, drawings, audio and video recordings and objects, once a specific research project is complete. How do anthropologists store their data? What should be done with these materials? What stories can they tell? Will the ethnographic materials produced in the present be considered historical archives in the future?