ARCHIVES AND THE SOCIETY

Abstract

The relationships between archives, archival science and society are necessary, essential and genetic. In fact, the archives, considered as an expression of the society itself and its public institutions as well as its private entities, have always been linked by a strong bond with the society and its evolution. The intent of this brief reflection will be to focus on the interactions between the world of archives and the overall social reality that contribute to define the strategies of action as well as the cultures and the way of thinking and representing themselves of the institutions and professions operating within that world.