ÉTICA DO HISTORIADOR A LUZ DE QUESTÕES TRAUMÁTICAS E SENSÍVEIS: uma breve reflexão

Abstract

 The following brief reflection aims to think about the role of the historian and the ethical commitment of his craft. To this end, it is necessary to build a general panorama around historiographical practice itself, paraphrasing Certeau: what would a historian fabricate? And how does this practice relate to social responsibility? It is part of historical research to work directly with everything that is produced by human beings, allowing access to the understanding of the meanings of their past and present actions. Historical sources are fundamental in this process. One of the relevant approaches to analysis is the case study, in which we will give greater emphasis in this work. To theoretically support the discussions, the following will be used: Michel de Certeau, with the work "The Historiographical Operation" and Carlo Ginzburg with "Unus testis: the extermination of the Jews and the principle of reality".