Itinerarios de la fragmentación patrimonial: archivos, arqueología, biografías y conservación de la Colección Giai (Museo de la Patagonia, PNNH-APN)

Abstract

The Museum of Patagonia “Dr. Francisco P. Moreno” (PNNH-APN) incorporated in 1943 the archeological collection known as “Andrés Giai”, result of explorations of the Center of Neuquén. This paper, thought an interdisci-plinary approach, gives a critical review of the state production condition of the museological archive. From the mapping of a “multiple repository”, the re-weaving of the collection is made possible from the location and analysis of documentation of great interest that illuminates the collection conditions and its subsequent institutional itinerary; the construction of inter-institutional networks for the location of objects and human remains; as well as the analy-sis and interpretation of the materials. Within the framework of the current debates on heritage processes, it is a necessary step that state institutions can account for their actions and manage to transform the conditions of accessi-bility to their collections.