Family photography as a tool for the reconstruction of historical memory at the Instituto Industrial Piloto Technical School: Advances and contributions of the research seedbed Casa de la Historia

Abstract

The historical memory is an ideological and historiographical concept that has been developing recently, where the emphasis is focused on the conscious effort of the different human groups for finding their past, valuing and treating it with a special respect. El Instituto Tecnico Industrial Piloto is an official institution with almost 80 years training technical industrial students for the service of the country. Its  past is object of investigation by a group of both, tenth and eleventh graders, who starting  from graphical elements, specially the photography, statements, interviews and other elements, have begun to understand this link of identity and belonging  with their institution, having as a noble objective to share it with the rest of their educational community.