Análise documental: Algumas pistas de pesquisa em psicologia e história

Abstract

This article aims to address some contributions of documentary research in a sphere where several fields and pieces of knowledge dialogue. A methodological exchange is placed as presupposition in the description and analysis of documents, in the formation of archives made up of events that have left remnants and marks, traces in time and space. A document is not a proof but a clue that something has occurred; however, it cannot be restored in a historical totality, only be put into narrative with gaps through the treatment of documentary sources by researchers. The dialogues between the pieces of knowledge of Psychology and History are relevant in historical-documentary analysis. This article points at clues for the access to and handling of archives, as well as at challenges, difficulties and relevance of studies that use historical sources which are dated and spatially situated. Documentary research aids in the problematization of social practices, in their denaturalization and in the break with crystallizations.