%0 Journal Article %T DE PASADOS PRESENTES: HACIA UNA ETNOGRAF¨ªA DE ARCHIVOS %A CRESPO %A CAROLINA %A TOZZINI %A MAR¨ªA ALMA %J Revista Colombiana de Antropolog¨ªa %D 2011 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X this article seeks to provide a theoretical and methodological approach on how to use different types of sources from different historical periods in researches focused on examining the processes of reconstruction of memory and the past -especially but not exclusively- in the context of conflicts and territorial claims by subordinate sectors. we refer to the importance of analyzing in a crossed and a situational way, how different types of files, that are of a past still present, are critically and creatively redefined and re-read in ethnographic contexts. this proposal involves organizing knowledge practices, introduce the discussion of historical archives and pointing out the potential that brings observation, re-inscription and analysis under an approach and an ethnographic context. %K theoretical-methodological proposal %K ethnography %K archives %K memory. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0486-65252011000100004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en