Conceptual Elements for the historical construction of a locality

Abstract

The present work aims to review the conceptual elements that support the historical construction of a locality; Through theories related with the microhistory and social networks. In the methodology in was proceeded to consult of the National Council of Universities (CNU), referring to books, doctoral theses, and articles related to the study object; this resource was exhausted, and the research was carried out in Google academic. For each subject, several titles were explored, the ideas related to the subject were collected, and the information was analyzed; by author and by concepts, the ideas that contributed to the basis of the research problem were selected. It is concluded that for the construction of the history of a locality, several components of the bibliographic methods must be integrated, such as: the regional and local history, historical memory, social networks, life and oral history, for the rescue of facts, events and their meanings, of a determined period of the society in a territory. It is not only about the knowledge from the past but it also implies the organization of people so that from their individuality they become part of collective thought.