Historians from the outside: a public historiography of the websites of city halls of Paraná State

Abstract

The research analyzes historical narratives of 323 of the 399 municipal websites in the State of Paraná, Brazil, which had a section dedicated to presenting their stories, highlighting a thematic diagnosis of this approach. The resulting conceptual debate problematizes the potential uses of non-academic narrative in digital formats, here addressed and anchored in the precepts of Public History. The methodology discusses elements of the internal analysis of documents, with an emphasis on the exercise of categorizing textual narratives. The results suggest a potential field of action for historians in the production of narratives aimed at the general public.