{"product_id":"1998-emission-louverture-des-archives-06-02-1998","title":"1998 - Broadcast: The Opening of the Archives - France Culture, February 6, 1998","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eFrance Culture –\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eStaccato\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Date: February 6, 1998\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Program hosted by: Antoine Spire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Theme: Opening up the archives \/ free access to the archives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePart 1:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Context of preparing a new law on archives \/ Question of making access to archives more flexible.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Guests:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Paule René-Bazin, curator, in charge of the 20th century section at the National Archives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Mireille Thibaut, civil administrator, assigned to the director of the National Archives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePart 2 – “On the Grill”:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003eProblem accessing archives concerning October 17, 1961\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Guests: J.-L. Einaudi and Guy Pervillé, historian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePart 3:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Sonia Combe, researcher and historian: Presentation on the critical situation of archives in France. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4hPlmtRwF_4?si=F_8KOwt4w2s2pXZh\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e This radio program, entitled \"Staccato\" and broadcast on France Culture on February 6, 1998, is devoted to the problem of access to public archives in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The debate examines the tension between the right to information and the French institutional \"taste for secrecy,\" focusing on several key points:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 1. The legislative framework and its restrictions\u003cbr\u003e The debate revolves around the law of January 3, 1979, which governs the accessibility of documents in France. Although the standard period is 30 years, sources indicate that documents deemed sensitive are subject to much longer periods of access.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e - 60 years for documents relating to national defense or state security. \u003cbr\u003e- 100 years for legal files and private conduct.\u003cbr\u003e - 120 to 150 years for personal, career or medical records.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The speakers compared this situation to the American Freedom of Information Act of 1966, which allows for much more regular declassification.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 2. The complex role of archivists and government agencies\u003cbr\u003e Archivists Paul René Basin and Mireille Thibault describe their role as that of mediators between researchers and the originating administrations (transmitting departments). A critical point is raised: the Director of the Archives of France cannot authorize consultation if the administration owning the document objects, placing the archives under direct pressure from political power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 3. Specific historical issues\u003cbr\u003e The audio explores several cases where the locking of archives has hindered historical research:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOn October 17, 1961, Jean-Luc Einaudi and Guy Pervillé debated the massacre of Algerians in Paris. Einaudi denounced the impossibility of accessing the archives of the Paris Police Prefecture, forcing historians to rely on testimonies or alternative sources. The controversy centered particularly on the estimated number of victims (approximately 200 according to Einaudi).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Paul Touvier case: The exceptional opening of the private archives of the diocese of Lyon was necessary to shed light on the protections that this war criminal benefited from within the Church.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Vichy regime: Lionel Jospin's circular (October 1997) is mentioned as an attempt to open the archives of the 1940-1945 period, but access remains difficult in practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 4. Sonia Combe's radical critique \u003cbr\u003eHistorian Sonia Combe, author of Forbidden Archives, denounces a \"critical situation\" and a French fear of contemporary history. She argues that the notion of protecting privacy is often manipulated or used as a pretext to cover up the actions of civil servants, particularly those who served under Vichy. She also criticizes the system of exemptions, which she considers arbitrary and sometimes \"elitist.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Finally, the program mentions the opening of the archives of the French Communist Party, which chose to align itself with the deadlines of the 1979 law to guarantee a certain transparency and avoid arbitrariness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archives de Jean-Luc Einaudi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52682413736279,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0902\/6781\/2183\/files\/jean-luc-einaudi_1_6e47ecef-fe3a-4975-990a-9c803b570b0e.png?v=1769856166","url":"https:\/\/jean-luc-einaudi.fr\/en\/products\/1998-emission-louverture-des-archives-06-02-1998","provider":"Les Ami.e.s de Jean-Luc Einaudi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}