The Teguise Municipal Library hosted the VIII Teguise Archives Conference, an initiative organized by the Teguise City Council and promoted by the Ministry of Universities, Science and Innovation and Culture of the Government of the Canary Islands, through the Directorate General of Culture and Cultural Heritage, to delve into the role of archives in the conservation of documented memory, research, and the understanding of our history.
Under the title Archives in War, the conference addressed the impact that war conflicts have had on documentary collections and analyzed issues related to propaganda, military documentation, the destruction and seizure of archives, democratic memory, and historical research.
During the inauguration, the Minister of Universities, Science and Innovation and Culture, Migdalia Machín, highlighted that archives play a fundamental role in the protection of society's documented memory.
“Archives safeguard the documents that allow us to understand who we were, who we are, and how we got here. They are essential spaces to guarantee access to information, protect our documentary heritage, and strengthen a citizenry aware of its own history,” she stated.
Machín also recalled that the Government of the Canary Islands is developing different lines of collaboration to promote the Archipelago's archives and facilitate citizens' access to the documentary collections they hold.
“When a document disappears, a part of a society's capacity to understand itself is lost. Therefore, protecting archives is also a way of preserving rights, memory, and knowledge for future generations,” she added.
For her part, the councilor for Education, Archive and Historical Heritage and Libraries of the Teguise City Council, María Mar Boronat, valued the conference, which contributes to bringing archives closer to citizens and making visible the work carried out by the professionals responsible for safeguarding, organizing, and disseminating documentation.
“These conferences allow us to show everything that archives contribute to research, education, and cultural life. They are also an opportunity to recognize the work of those who make it possible for this documentation to reach citizens and continue to be a useful tool for understanding our past and our present,” she affirmed.
The scientific director of the conference, Víctor M. Bello Jiménez, highlighted the consolidation of a meeting that has become a reference space for the analysis and dissemination of documentary heritage.
“The continuity of these conferences for eight editions has been possible thanks to the commitment of the institutions that have supported this project since its inception. That support has allowed us to consolidate a meeting space that contributes to disseminating the value of archives, fostering research, and bringing documentary heritage closer to citizens,” he pointed out.
The meeting brought together specialists from universities, archives, foundations, and research centers to analyze the relationship between armed conflicts and historical documentation, as well as the challenges associated with its protection, recovery, and study.
The program also included a tribute to José Clavijo y Fajardo on the occasion of the third centenary of his birth, along with various conferences dedicated to communication and propaganda in times of war, military documentation, democratic memory, documentary restoration, and the role of archives in the preservation of historical memory.
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