Keywords
This paper reconstructs and interprets the process that culminated with the destruction of field data archive that the team of Donald Pierson (1900-1995) collected in its investigation on San Francisco River. This archive consisted of several thousands of typed cards
with information collected by 22 researchers who were coordinated by Pierson on a research that included ten cities placed throughout San Francisco River Valley in the 1950’s. Among other aspects
it discuses the disregard of the entity that held the archive in custody
the underestimation of the author in the historiography of Brazilian Anthropology
closely linked to the criticism of community studies
and the vulnerability of Brazilian archives. Donald Pierson
RÃo San Francisco
archivos de antropologÃa
notas de investigación
destrucción de archivos
with information collected by 22 researchers who were coordinated by Pierson on a research that included ten cities placed throughout San Francisco River Valley in the 1950’s. Among other aspects
it discuses the disregard of the entity that held the archive in custody
the underestimation of the author in the historiography of Brazilian Anthropology
closely linked to the criticism of community studies
and the vulnerability of Brazilian archives. Donald Pierson
RÃo San Francisco
archivos de antropologÃa
notas de investigación
destrucción de archivos
How to Cite
Lima, R. (2014). La historia en la basura: los archivos perdidos de Donald Pierson. Desacatos. Revista De Ciencias Sociales, (34), 107–118. https://doi.org/10.29340/34.342