Abstract
La réflexion sur l’épistémologie politique de la muséologie sociale au Brésil s’appuie ici sur une observation des énoncés et des usages contemporains du musée. Notre objectif est de démontrer comment, à partir d’influences diverses et grâce à certaines politiques publiques nationales, les « musées sociaux » partagent certaines caractéristiques communes et issues des mêmes principes « idéologiques » à la base de la notion de « musée de société » dans le contexte français. En outre, nous chercherons à démontrer comment ces musées ont subverti la normativité disciplinaire de ce même concept dans les expériences locales en Amérique latine. Enfin, à travers l’exemple du Museu das remoções, un musée social urbain créé en 2016, nous montrerons la manière dont la « muséologie sociale » reflète cette tendance à l’expression contestataire, aussi bien inspirée par des modèles importés que subvertie par les groupes sociaux qui se reconnaissent comme acteurs de la contre-muséalisation politisée du patrimoine.
This article reflects on the political epistemology of social museology in Brazil, by considering the uses and discourses of museums in contemporary contexts. Through an examination of national public policies and other influences, the paper argues that so-called “social museums” in Brazil share common characteristics and stem from the same “ideological” principles that yielded the notion of musée de société in the French context. Likewise, it shows how social museums have subverted the normativity of the musée de société as a concept in local experiences in Latin America. Lastly, Museu das Remoções, an urban social museum created in 2016, is taken as an example to illustrate how “social museology” has become a trend for the expression of protest, inspired by imported models and, at the same time, subverted by social groups that recognize themselves as actors in the politicized counter-musealization of heritage.
This article reflects on the political epistemology of social museology in Brazil, by considering the uses and discourses of museums in contemporary contexts. Through an examination of national public policies and other influences, the paper argues that so-called “social museums” in Brazil share common characteristics and stem from the same “ideological” principles that yielded the notion of musée de société in the French context. Likewise, it shows how social museums have subverted the normativity of the musée de société as a concept in local experiences in Latin America. Lastly, Museu das Remoções, an urban social museum created in 2016, is taken as an example to illustrate how “social museology” has become a trend for the expression of protest, inspired by imported models and, at the same time, subverted by social groups that recognize themselves as actors in the politicized counter-musealization of heritage.
Translated title of the contribution | From integral museums to social museums: the political epistemology of social museology in Brazil |
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Original language | French |
Pages (from-to) | 85-108 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Culture & Musées |
Volume | 39 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2022 |
Keywords
- Social museology
- Social museum
- Integral museum
- Musée de société
- Political uses of the museum
- Brazil