RECONFIGURATION OF THE COLLECTION OF THE MEMORY SECTION AND ARCHIVE OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM AFTER THE FIRE

This article analyzes the reconfiguration of archives affected by digital representatives of the original collection lost, considering the case of the Memory and Archive Section of the National Museum (SEMEAR), which suffered fire in September 2018. In this way, SEMEAR has lost virtually the entire acquis. In order to rebuild it, the idea of reconfiguring it emerged from its digital representatives. In view of this, the problem of this research arose: Is it possible to reconfigure sinister collections from digital representatives, from the point of view of classical archival theory? What are the theoretical and practical implications? From the methodological point of view, the basic principles of Archiveology were sought in national and international literature. In this sense, the principles of the Original Order and Provenance are contextualized, identifying its characteristics and prerogatives. This research adopts a conceptual position on the use of digital representatives characterizing them as archiving documents, which will thus allow the reconfiguration of the collection.