Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea (Jul 2011)
Fenomenología y Guerra Civil española: La visibilidad de las Fuentes documentales sobre las Brigadas Internacionales (1937-2011)
Abstract
This article analyzes and typifies all production referring to the International Brigades and “Brigadistas” in the current context of recuperating the historical memory of the Spanish Civil War. This includes historical, literary, political, sociological, journalistic, film and museum outputs. We treat the historical sources with the same scientific rigor and objectivity as that of the experimental sciences, and we have come to diverse conclusions concerning the complexity of these sources such as the fact that the contents of the historical sources do not present any real difficulty in their internal coherence and relationships, despite the subjectivity that characterizes them. We propose another method of analysis that differs from the technical and systems analysis of other areas of knowledge such as psychology and mathematical statistics. We are constructing our own research methodology, designed specifically for historical sources. Our goal is to achieve complete accessibility for all sources through digital systems and the Web and thus guarantee research and teaching and, above all, ensure the recovery of the collective memory of the Spanish Civil War and its protagonists.
