Por uma etnopreservação integral do patrimônio: a biografia de quatro máscaras Waurá

The article presents a museological analysis of the trajectory of four masks produced by the Waurá people that were acquired by the Museu do Índio – FUNAI (Fundação Nacional do Índio) in Rio de Janeiro. It proposes the notion of an integral preservation of indigenous cultural heritage, involving the...

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Main Authors: Bruno Brulon, Leandro Guedes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de Évora
Series:Midas: Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/midas/3260
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description The article presents a museological analysis of the trajectory of four masks produced by the Waurá people that were acquired by the Museu do Índio – FUNAI (Fundação Nacional do Índio) in Rio de Janeiro. It proposes the notion of an integral preservation of indigenous cultural heritage, involving the preservation of the environment and land demarcation, the indigenous participation in the museum processes as well as the procedures that constitute musealisation in its different stages, which are: selection, documentation, conservation and communication. The analysis is based on the notion according to which an object or collection can take different social statuses at different times, going through successive phases of singularisation, to become inalienable artifacts through musealisation. We propose, then, a broader perception of “preservation” as it has been adopted by museums that develop museum practices in partnership with indigenous groups. The analysis of the biographic trajectory of the Waurá masks allows the observation of how musealised indigenous objects may raise questions on the museum regimes that work for the preservation of the living. We conclude that these regimes mobilise certain criteria and values that overflow from the cultural institutions to the indigenous groups in their living territories.
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spelling doaj.art-6f53eda53e574238bad23a691e2dc8042024-02-13T13:54:44ZengUniversidade de ÉvoraMidas: Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares2182-95431410.4000/midas.3260Por uma etnopreservação integral do patrimônio: a biografia de quatro máscaras WauráBruno BrulonLeandro GuedesThe article presents a museological analysis of the trajectory of four masks produced by the Waurá people that were acquired by the Museu do Índio – FUNAI (Fundação Nacional do Índio) in Rio de Janeiro. It proposes the notion of an integral preservation of indigenous cultural heritage, involving the preservation of the environment and land demarcation, the indigenous participation in the museum processes as well as the procedures that constitute musealisation in its different stages, which are: selection, documentation, conservation and communication. The analysis is based on the notion according to which an object or collection can take different social statuses at different times, going through successive phases of singularisation, to become inalienable artifacts through musealisation. We propose, then, a broader perception of “preservation” as it has been adopted by museums that develop museum practices in partnership with indigenous groups. The analysis of the biographic trajectory of the Waurá masks allows the observation of how musealised indigenous objects may raise questions on the museum regimes that work for the preservation of the living. We conclude that these regimes mobilise certain criteria and values that overflow from the cultural institutions to the indigenous groups in their living territories.https://journals.openedition.org/midas/3260object biographymusealisationetnopreservationMuseu do Índio – Brazil indigenous cultural heritage
spellingShingle Bruno Brulon
Leandro Guedes
Por uma etnopreservação integral do patrimônio: a biografia de quatro máscaras Waurá
Midas: Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares
object biography
musealisation
etnopreservation
Museu do Índio – Brazil indigenous cultural heritage
title Por uma etnopreservação integral do patrimônio: a biografia de quatro máscaras Waurá
title_full Por uma etnopreservação integral do patrimônio: a biografia de quatro máscaras Waurá
title_fullStr Por uma etnopreservação integral do patrimônio: a biografia de quatro máscaras Waurá
title_full_unstemmed Por uma etnopreservação integral do patrimônio: a biografia de quatro máscaras Waurá
title_short Por uma etnopreservação integral do patrimônio: a biografia de quatro máscaras Waurá
title_sort por uma etnopreservacao integral do patrimonio a biografia de quatro mascaras waura
topic object biography
musealisation
etnopreservation
Museu do Índio – Brazil indigenous cultural heritage
url https://journals.openedition.org/midas/3260
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