O museu de arte perante o desafio da memória

Translated title of the contribution: The art museum facing the memory challenge

Maria Isabel Rocha Roque*

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Abstract

Museums have emerged as a representative synthesis of a reality, so a question rises about the preservation of the memories inherent to the functional and symbolic objects. In the particular case of art museums, the goal was to build a heritage repository which would contribute to the creation of a cultural identity. So, the objects were mainly evaluated in terms of aesthetic excellence of its parameters, to the detriment of other meanings. On the other hand, also the historiography of art favored formal aspects, establishing authorities and styles. These circumstances determined the decontextualization of the object in the museum. In return, from mid-twentieth century onwards, the studies of the public, as a plural and diversified entity, and the theoretical debates around the meaning of the object, contributed to a redefinition of the museological speech. The museum had to offset losses due to the musealisation through a set of procedures and tools that recontextualize the meanings of the object in their multiple valences. Between the two vectors, decontextualization and recontextualization, the museum challenges our personal and collective memory.
Translated title of the contributionThe art museum facing the memory challenge
Original languagePortuguese
Pages (from-to)67-85
Number of pages19
JournalBoletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas
Volume7
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2012

Keywords

  • Museum
  • Art
  • Heritage
  • Exhibition
  • Perception
  • Information

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