Reader´ traces. Proposal to rethink the bibliographic heritage of Archivo Central Andrés Bello of the University of Chile

Abstract

The Latin American heritage field is developing a growing concern for reader's vestiges. Within that frame, the objective of this work is to critically interpret which were the functions of a specific conjunct of books through the idea of ¨redear trace¨, a concept that identify the senses that matter and textuality of books have for a person at one point. From the analysis of a group of 100 books located in Sala Chile of Archivo Central Andrés Bello, we have identified 105 reader´s traces. That conjunct has allowed us to built a typology of senses, that is to say, a flexible and demonstrative classification of the paradigms, common places and the unthinkable actions of readers and users of the books gathered in the collection. The study has allowed us to set a research problem and to redefine the bibliographic heritage from a less elitist and monumental perspective, appreciating the political and subjective appropriation logics that this university bibliographical collection contains.