Presentation

The International Seminar “The World of the Workers and their Archives” took place on September 9-11 in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It was promoted by the National Archive of Brazil, the Latin-American Archives Association  (ALA) and the Unique Workers’ Central (CUT Brazil).

The Seminar main objective was the realization of a quality debate about the importance of the documents produced or accumulated by workers, unions and social movements. It was an important forum of discussion about the specifities of those holdings in order to stimulate their recuperation and preservation. The Seminar was a huge success and two years from now a second edition will take place.

Recommended to professionals and organizations, its target public was documentation centers, archivists, librarians and other informational professionals, city and rural workers, trade unions representatives, social movements activists, public and private archives, researchers and students. 

During three days, the Seminar promoted expositions, speeches and debates among specialists from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the US. it was attended by over 200 participants. Click here to read the Seminar's Final Report (in Portuguese). 

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