Por detrás de uma coleção do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro: vozes, silêncios e desafios

The present paper aims to contribute to the reflection on the current silencing of the biographical characteristics of ethnographic collections exhibited in museums, especially with regard to the context of their acquisition, through the analysis of the inventory of a Karajá collection at the Nation...

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Main Authors: Cecilia de Oliveira Ewbank, Manuel Ferreira Lima Filho
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/1233
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description The present paper aims to contribute to the reflection on the current silencing of the biographical characteristics of ethnographic collections exhibited in museums, especially with regard to the context of their acquisition, through the analysis of the inventory of a Karajá collection at the National Museum (NM) of Rio de Janeiro. This is the collection collected by the north-American anthropologist William Lipkind (1904-1974) when he came to Brazil to carry out field research in the Araguaia region of Goiás, between 1938 and 1939, and which was incorporated into the NM as part of the national policy of inspection of scientific expeditions in the country. The questioning about the recording of the W. Lipkind ethnographic collection in NM allowed us to infer about different times of acquisition and incorporation, highlighting the challenges of understanding the collection through the relation between subject and object. More than in collection inventories, the analysis of the configuration of the collection took place in archival documents that safeguard the memory of the identity bonds maintained by the objects with the characters that outline their narrative.
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spelling doaj.art-7259b6dc8921476fb5c8fa896adb2e4b2024-02-13T13:54:34ZengUniversidade de ÉvoraMidas: Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares2182-9543810.4000/midas.1233Por detrás de uma coleção do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro: vozes, silêncios e desafiosCecilia de Oliveira EwbankManuel Ferreira Lima FilhoThe present paper aims to contribute to the reflection on the current silencing of the biographical characteristics of ethnographic collections exhibited in museums, especially with regard to the context of their acquisition, through the analysis of the inventory of a Karajá collection at the National Museum (NM) of Rio de Janeiro. This is the collection collected by the north-American anthropologist William Lipkind (1904-1974) when he came to Brazil to carry out field research in the Araguaia region of Goiás, between 1938 and 1939, and which was incorporated into the NM as part of the national policy of inspection of scientific expeditions in the country. The questioning about the recording of the W. Lipkind ethnographic collection in NM allowed us to infer about different times of acquisition and incorporation, highlighting the challenges of understanding the collection through the relation between subject and object. More than in collection inventories, the analysis of the configuration of the collection took place in archival documents that safeguard the memory of the identity bonds maintained by the objects with the characters that outline their narrative.https://journals.openedition.org/midas/1233object biographyWilliam Lipkind collectionNational Museum of Rio de JaneiroHeloísa Alberto Torresethnographic collection
spellingShingle Cecilia de Oliveira Ewbank
Manuel Ferreira Lima Filho
Por detrás de uma coleção do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro: vozes, silêncios e desafios
Midas: Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares
object biography
William Lipkind collection
National Museum of Rio de Janeiro
Heloísa Alberto Torres
ethnographic collection
title Por detrás de uma coleção do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro: vozes, silêncios e desafios
title_full Por detrás de uma coleção do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro: vozes, silêncios e desafios
title_fullStr Por detrás de uma coleção do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro: vozes, silêncios e desafios
title_full_unstemmed Por detrás de uma coleção do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro: vozes, silêncios e desafios
title_short Por detrás de uma coleção do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro: vozes, silêncios e desafios
title_sort por detras de uma colecao do museu nacional do rio de janeiro vozes silencios e desafios
topic object biography
William Lipkind collection
National Museum of Rio de Janeiro
Heloísa Alberto Torres
ethnographic collection
url https://journals.openedition.org/midas/1233
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