Blind spots of History: production and the right to oblivion in Brazil - notes for a discussion

Authors

  • Julio Bentivoglio Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Vitória, ES, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/o.v14i2.30129

Keywords:

Memory, History, right of oblivion

Abstract

This article discusses the place of oblivion in the historical studies, reflecting at first about some assumptions of Paul Ricoeur, Beatriz Sarlo and Paolo Rossi, in special. Then assesses how the nearly infinite digital storage capacity may interfere in the relationship between Memory and History. Finally it analyses the emergence of the right to oblivion in Brazil, to discuss how certain changes and legal decisions can affect the work of historians and the writing of history in present and future.

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Author Biography

Julio Bentivoglio, Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Vitória, ES, Brasil

Professor de Teoria e Metodologia da História, membro do PPGHIS-UFES e do Departamento de História, Editor Chefe de Dimensões, Editor Executivo de História da Historiografia

Published

2014-10-17

How to Cite

BENTIVOGLIO, Julio. Blind spots of History: production and the right to oblivion in Brazil - notes for a discussion. OPSIS, Goiânia, v. 14, n. 2, p. 378–395, 2014. DOI: 10.5216/o.v14i2.30129. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufcat.edu.br/index.php/Opsis/article/view/30129. Acesso em: 22 dec. 2025.