Intro­duc­ti­on Anna Chris­ti­na, dear col­le­agu­es, The the­me of this semi­nar is the deve­lop­ment of an arc­hi­val sci­en­ce, and I am very ple­ased and hono­red having been invi­ted here, on this very spe­ci­al occa­si­on, to dis­cuss…