Fourth ArchivoyMemoria Conference

The Fourth Conference, entitled "La memoria de los conflictos: legados documentales para la Historia" ("The memory of conflicts: documental legacies for history"), took place on 19 and 20 February 2009. It focused on the analysis of the existing relationship between documental heritage and situations of political and social conflicts, both past and present and in any location. In order to tackle this issue, three core topics were established:

1.- Documental heritage and repression.
2.- The destruction of documents: prevention, conservation and recovery.
3.- Conflicts, identities and archives.

Besides the usual speeches and debates, the Conference was open to the presentation of papers and posters, which had to relate to research activities and projects in progress that dealt with any of the three core topics mentioned above.