Abstract
The present article discusses the paradigm shift that occurred in the History field, the advent of the cultural history of writing practices, the effects this change had on the various disciplines associated to philology, particularly textual criticism, emphasizing interdisciplinarity as an innovative alternative to explore the potentialities of the text as a historical, social and linguistic construct. The discussion is informed by a bibliographical review and aims to highlight new ways for text edition, considering a cultural history of writing practices approach. The study showed that interdisciplinary dialogue has been bringing about significant changes to the scope of textual criticism, thus enlarging the possibilities of textual study.
Keywords
Philology; Textual Criticism; Cultural History