The development of the ORÍGENES app is framed within discussions about interaction between humans and computers, particularly on experiences of co-design with emergent users with limited economic resources . Despite being in dialogue with the field of Digital Humanities, there are some differences in how the project uses the term 'collaboration'. In the field of Digital Humanities, 'collaboration' usually refers to undertaking joint tasks at the crossroads of the humanities and computer science, involving researchers, teachers, students, documentation and archive specialists, etc., so that the collaboration is more closely linked to institutions (archives, libraries, museums, universities, research institutes, schools) and to those working in academia, education and archives and museums.
In this project, 'collaboration' has a different meaning. In connection with debates on collaborative research, the term aims to generate shared conceptualisations. In other words, collaboration implies the possibility of co-theorising within the framework of the dialogue of knowledges and, in this specific case, it involves enabling. spaces where subalternised groups may share reflections on their little or no participation in the creation and administration of public and private archival repositories. On the other hand, the generalised use of digital technologies, social media (particularly Facebook) and apps (such as Messenger or WhatsApp) which facilitate communication between distant places not only transform our ways of doing research, particularly ethnographic research, but also contribute to theoretical, methodological and epistemological reflections on this practice.
