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The weavers of memories (II)
Knowledge management institutions (libraries, archives, museums, and other associated and similar spaces) are concerned with weaving together the many strands that make up that complex fabric called "memory".
For these institutions in general, and for archives in particular, the work of "weaving" involves, among other tasks, the recovery, identification, organization, analysis, curation, access and dissemination of the materials they handle. This is equivalent to the search and selection of the threads needed to assemble a solid and creative warp, the laborious (re)construction of the sought-after weft, the production of the fabric, and its exhibition and use. The threads are not only entangled and intertwined with each other, giving rise to dense structures, but also make it possible to establish connections of different types with other weavings, in turn formed by their own interconnected elements.
Articles
Notas desde el páramo [Notes from the wilderness]
Agenda Cultural UdeA, 308, May.2023, pp. 11-15.
A short essay, in Spanish, about the importance of language in rural territories, written by a librarian from the Chingaza páramo, near Bogotá (Colombia).
Other publications
Marine Iguanas: Between Land and Sea
This document, dedicated to the marine iguanas of the Galapagos Islands, combines a series of photographs by British researcher Godfrey Merlen, preserved as slides in the audiovisual collection of the Library, Archives & Museum of the Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands (CDF), with a selection of historical texts on the archipelago that are part of the "Historical Bibliography" of the Galapagueana digital project. The book is part of the "Galapagos Memory" series, published in digital format from the CDF library.