[History of the Memory of the Scientific Collections from the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Fiocruz: conditions of possibility for the writing of history of science]

The collection of oral history interviews from Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, is the starting point for a reflection on the conditions of possibility for the writing of history of science. The study traces the history of the production of this memory by drawing on interviews from the collection and making analyses of new oral history testimonials from 2023, directing special attention to the intentions, choices, gaps, and other narrative operations involved in the patrimonialization of this memory about the scientific collections from the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. The research is affiliated to cultural heritage management studies, in particular those studies that probe the situated nature of scientific knowledge.