BETWEEN SOURCES AND MEMORIES
IDENTIFYING WOMEN IN THE HISTORY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE
Keywords:
Social memory, Knowledge representationAbstract
Traditional historiographical production has frequently relegated women's trajectories to secondary positions, operating silences and documentary gaps that challenge the reconstruction of their memories. Within the scope of Information Science, the processes of organization and knowledge representation actively participate in either the validation or the erasure of these trajectories within social memory. Given this scenario, this article aims to analyze the process of identifying women for the history of Rio Grande do Norte (RN), discussing the relationships between memory, recognition, and informational representation. Methodologically, it consists of an exploratory research based on the systematic survey of bibliographic and documentary sources, including the mapping of theses and dissertations in the Institutional Repository of UFRN, as well as social participation strategies through digital public calls. As a result, more than a hundred Potiguar women from diverse fields of activity were identified, showcasing trajectories that oscillate between public recognition and burial by disinformative narratives or matrimonial dispersions. It is concluded that the construction of this reference list acts as a practice of justice and recovery of historical memory, consolidating an informational infrastructure essential for stimulating new studies and scientific investigations.