Archive and creation process in the study of journalistic production by Ildásio Tavares: some considerations

Abstract

The recognition of an individual as a multiple intellectual (HOISEL, 2012) implies taking into account that the records produced by him are defined by the idiosyncratic way in which he is inscribed in different domains of discourse production, each with its peculiar social and documental practices. Ildásio Tavares have worked as a writer and as a columnist in different Bahian communication vehicles, such as the newspapers A Tarde, Diário de Notícias and Tribuna da Bahia. In the Fundo Ildásio Tavares, which is guarded by Lugares de Memória, the existence of journalistic documents imposes a series of theoretical, methodological and practical challenges to researchers. Besides highlighting Tavares’ performance as an editor, such documents point to a journalistic writing in process, of which the numerous versions that culminated in the printed record and published in the mentioned periodicals, In the present work, we aim to examine the semantic and genetic specificities of these documents to identify, name and classify journalistic documents in the writer's personal archive, making use of the methodological contribution of Genetic Criticism and Archivology. Finally, we intend to demonstrate the contribution of Genetic Criticism to Archivology, in the sense of instrumentalizing the identification and organization of documents based on the understanding of the dynamics and particularities of the creation process in the author's journalistic production.