Vol. 21 No. 1 (2015): Locus - Revista de História
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Historiography through a testimonial bias

Published 2016-06-29 — Updated on 2021-04-23

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Keywords

  • Testimony,
  • Historiography,
  • Historical Theory,
  • Limit situation,
  • Memory

How to Cite

Buarque, Virgínia A. Castro, and Nara Rúbia de Carvalho Cunha. (2016) 2021. “Historiography through a Testimonial Bias”. Locus: History Journal 21 (1). https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/locus/article/view/20792.

Abstract

This paper considers the interrelationships between testimonial statements and historiographic production from the hypothesis that, under certain epistemic and theoretical criteria the writing of History can assume contours of a testimonial statement. It is our intent to determine such criteria using a fourfold approach: the real under the status of limit situation; the simultaneous temporal activation of memories, expectations for the future and dilemmas of the present; discourse supports that grant meaning and credibility; the ethic-political interpellation as to boundaries and alliances of a testimonial knowledge with public life.

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