Entre a “fala que narra” e a “fala que demonstra”:Iniciativas em Arquivos de História Oral e o seu valor na construção das memórias e das identidades sociais

Societies that are historically dated experience their collective memories either guided by myths or led by reason. The text fixes and retains the words on a medium and imposes communication patterns that are different from the ones in the oral universe. In the process of constructing the different social identities, power relations are the product of the differences between the "included" ones and the "excluded" ones. This study is based on these theoretical assumptions. The approach is qualitative, with exploratory and descriptive characteristics. It uses bibliographical and documentary sources. It characterizes five initiatives that typify research cases of constitution of Oral History Archives, focusing on organization, representation, and access to information. The main results point to: i) the use of similar organization and information representation strategies, although at different levels of conformity; ii) the respect for the rules imposed by the right of ac-cess to the contents. The construction and preservation of the collective memory and the valorization of the use of Oral History serve as a justification for the existence of these initiatives. Due to its characteristics, this study is limited to a restricted set of cases, suggesting a future extension and the deepening of the analyzes.