| Summary: | The notion of social networks can be raised to a study model when it is applied to show and explain the intertwining relations among diverse individuals and groups in their social interaction inside a system or structure. The subtlety of the use of the concept of social networks can be observed in the description of key moments in the relations of the actors in their historic trajectory, as well as in the functionality that each of them expand in the social structure where they belong. These terms and categories let us establish that the beginning of social networks can be used from different theoretical perspectives and disciplines, two of these being history and anthropology.The authors state a theoretical posture directed to the particular study of the discussed cases, but find a methodological convergence point in the explanations of the processes of formation of the social networks. The discovery of these elements is brought to light after analyzing the data in different times and scenarios, but communes in the patterns of social connections among the guilds or specific sectors. Also, from an overview of each of their disciplines they explore and compare the social mechanisms in an interdisciplinary exercise. The purpose is to look further into this interdisciplinary study of the social networks parting from diverse characters and scenarios.
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