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Abstract
In this article we reflect on the need to create repositories for information about art practice in a location regarded as marginal to the Mexican and Latin American art worlds, through digital technologies and open source digital resources. We analyze the experience of creating the Information System on Art Practice in San Luis Potosí, México, and the Jesús Ramos Frías Art Documentation Center, two cases that allow us to study the significance of such spaces in peripheral locations from the greater Global South. Our working hypothesis is that the existence of documentary repositories is indispensable to knowledge, research, and dissemination of artistic heritage, and a crucial component of art education.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11588/dah.2021.7.84781
Para la versión en español: https://doi.org/10.25025/hartaop.2021.05
Authors
José Antonio Motilla Chávez
holds a degree in history from the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, a master’s degree in history from the Colegio de San Luis, and a PhD in history from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. He is a full-time Research Professor at the Faculty of Habitat of the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, ascribed to the degree in Conservation and Restoration of Movable Cultural Property. Member of the International Association of Art Critics, Mexico.
Rodrigo Antonio Esqueda López
is university Technician in Restoration of Easel Painting from the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, B.A. in Restoration and Conservation of Movable Cultural Property from the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Master in Historical Studies from the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Specialist in 21st Century City Studies from El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, PhD student in Humanities specializing in Heritage and Culture for Peace at the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas. Full-time Research Professor at the Facultad del Hábitat of the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, ascribed to the degree in Conservation and Restoration of Movable Cultural Property.