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As Comunidades e os Museus – Possíveis relações, dificuldades e benefícios: O Caso do Museu de Arqueologia D. Diogo de Sousa
| Resumo: | The aim of this report is to understand how museums can relate to the communities in which they are present, using as a case study the relationship that the D. Diogo Sousa Museum of Archaeology has developed with its community. This analysis and study is the result of the curricular internship carried out at the Braga Archaeology Museum, as part of the conclusion of the Master's Degree in Cultural Heritage and Museology, at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Coimbra. In order to understand how this relationship can occur, we first present the concept of community, analyzing its versatility and how this criteria makes it difficult to define. Other possible criteria used to identify a community are also explored, as well as how they come about and how they develop over time. Subsequently, an attempt was made to understand how this concept emerged in the Museology field, identifying two possible causes: the emergence of the New Museology concept and the emergence of public policies that saw the Museum as a promoter of community cohesion and development. The versatility of the concept of Community, as well as the Power that the museum possesses, makes the relationship between these two entities complex and complicated, where even sharing this power with pertinent community groups does not equally distribute power all around. Some ways in which museums can relate to community groups are presented, as well as the difficulties and benefits that these contacts bring to both entities. After that the multiple relationships that the museum under study develops with the local community are analyzed, identifying the existence of a dichotomy between the technical part, which contacts closely with said communities, and the exhibition part where there is a lack of community presence. This dichotomy is analyzed and the possible reasons for said imbalance are presented. This study concludes with a proposal for a personalized guided tour, as part of a project developed during the internship, which could help the museum better relate to the local community. |
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| Autores principais: | Silva, Joana Sousa Gomes |
| Assunto: | D. Diogo de Sousa Archaeological Museum Communities Museum Heritage Deconstructing Archaeology Museu de Arqueologia D. Diogo de Sousa Comunidades Museu Património Desconstruir a Arqueologia |
| Ano: | 2024 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Coimbra |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Estudo Geral - Universidade de Coimbra |
| Resumo: | The aim of this report is to understand how museums can relate to the communities in which they are present, using as a case study the relationship that the D. Diogo Sousa Museum of Archaeology has developed with its community. This analysis and study is the result of the curricular internship carried out at the Braga Archaeology Museum, as part of the conclusion of the Master's Degree in Cultural Heritage and Museology, at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Coimbra. In order to understand how this relationship can occur, we first present the concept of community, analyzing its versatility and how this criteria makes it difficult to define. Other possible criteria used to identify a community are also explored, as well as how they come about and how they develop over time. Subsequently, an attempt was made to understand how this concept emerged in the Museology field, identifying two possible causes: the emergence of the New Museology concept and the emergence of public policies that saw the Museum as a promoter of community cohesion and development. The versatility of the concept of Community, as well as the Power that the museum possesses, makes the relationship between these two entities complex and complicated, where even sharing this power with pertinent community groups does not equally distribute power all around. Some ways in which museums can relate to community groups are presented, as well as the difficulties and benefits that these contacts bring to both entities. After that the multiple relationships that the museum under study develops with the local community are analyzed, identifying the existence of a dichotomy between the technical part, which contacts closely with said communities, and the exhibition part where there is a lack of community presence. This dichotomy is analyzed and the possible reasons for said imbalance are presented. This study concludes with a proposal for a personalized guided tour, as part of a project developed during the internship, which could help the museum better relate to the local community. |
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