MAE/UFBA Journal: Archeology, Ethnology, and Museology

Museum documentation in Brazil in the 21st century

Anna Paula da Silva — 2024-12-10

A publicação, que leva o título Documentação Museológica: conceituações e práticas sobre documentação museológica no Brasil do século XXI, tem como objetivo apresentar perspectivas sobre a documentação museológica como área da Museologia; como um dos processos museológicos dentro das instituições; sua relação com a conservação, gestão, ação cultural e educativa, exposição, entre outras; e como parte da musealização.

Museum documentation and contemporary challenges

Renata Cardozo Padilha — 2024-12-08

This article aims to analyze the productions in the field of Brazilian museum documentation, with the intention of identifying which themes were latent and were under development between the years 2012 and 2022. The digital technologies generated by the transformation of society mean that museological practices are constantly adapting, especially with regard to museum documentation. The access and recovery of collections by the public must be taken into account due to the growing sociocultural diversity existing in museum institutions. To this end, the general objective is to provide an overview of the reality and themes addressed in museum documentation in Brazil in the selected period. Of a qualitative and exploratory nature, the methodological procedure used was the bibliographic research in scientific databases. It is expected to contribute to the field of Brazilian museum documentation from the mapping carried out in order to survey the main approaches and update the area, once the contemporary challenges involving the field have been identified and clarified.

Performance documentation

Juliana Pereira Sales Caetano — 2024-12-08

O Brasil foi um dos pioneiros na incorporação de performances de arte contemporânea como parte do acervo permanente de suas instituições museológicas. No entanto, desafiossignificativos ainda persistem na documentação, preservação e comunicação dessas obras. Este estudo, por meio de casos de performances presentes em acervos de museus brasileiros, ilustra as lacunas nas práticas de documentação dessas linguagens artísticas, evidenciando como a falta de informação impacta na preservação e na exibição das obras. O estudo destaca a urgência do desenvolvimento de protocolos museológicos específicos para a aquisição e conservação de performances, propondo o fortalecimento da colaboração entre museus e artistas como uma estratégia fundamental para a criação de métodos eficazes de preservação e comunicação, adaptados ao contexto brasileiro.

Transdisciplinarity and inclusion

Priscilla Moret — 2024-12-08

Created in 1952 by psychiatrist Nise da Silveira, the Museum of Images of the Unconscious operates as a center for the study and research of images produced spontaneously in occupational therapy studios. Its origins are related to the creation and preservation of a set of methods and practices developed in a unique way, in a specific territory. The unique characteristics of this heritage are reflected in the museological processes and in the organization of the thematic and chronological series/albums of images. Recognizing the potential of these contents in the reorganization of the human psyche through access to the life history and internal experiences of the individuals who produce them, Dr. Nise created collections but above all she established the parameters for the organization, classification and museological documentation of the collection. A visionary, Nise da Silveira revolutionized brazilian psychiatry and was a pioneer in the field of Museology when she created the Museum of Images of the Unconscious as an image research center. In tune with contemporary museological practices, the Museum of Images of the Unconscious is a space for inclusive methods where comprehensive musealization and participatory museological documentation of collections are considered fruits of its transdisciplinary nature which is an inherent value of the institutional mission.

Between records and narratives

Leandro Guedes — 2024-12-08

This article analyzes the trajectory of the Museu do Índio/FUNAI, highlighting the evolution of museological documentation processes. Initially, it examines the criteria of the first museological works and the significant impact of Berta Ribeiro on the institution. An institutional turning point is identified with greater indigenous participation in museumization, exemplified by the exhibition "Time and Space in the Amazon: The Wajãpi". The expansion of these processes is explored through the partnership between FUNAI and UNESCO, qualification workshops and digital advances since the 1990s. Finally, the use of
Tainacan is emphasized for its recent impact on museum practices and the new possibilities it offers.

Museological documentation in research laboratories and archeology collections

Heide Roviene Santana dos Santos — 2024-12-08

This article aims to consier the perspectives involving museological documentation as a collection management procedure in archaeological collections Storage and Research Institutions, in particular, laboratories belonging to federal universities. Within the scope of these universities, which, according to Law No. 9,394/1996 have the right to offer undergraduate courses and, thus, train higher education professionals, the study observed, in institutionalized intellectual production, theoretical,
methodological, conceptual and technical issues that deal with the performance of important functions on preserving objects within storage and research laboratories. Along this path are institutionalpolicies for the acquisition of collections; entry protocols, which reflect on the ways in which collections are entered into laboratories, including the issuance of the institutional endorsement statement, which is understood, in this study, as a collection acquisition procedure. Therefore, there is an undeniable need to discuss guidelines on how archaeological heritage will enter laboratories. In this context, the objective is to analyze the performance of different custody and research institutions in the role of manager of cultural assets and, in doing so, establish a dialogue with the examples observed, qualifying modes of operation for the management of collections. To this end, examining ordinances, normative instructions and laws, among other procedures that dialogue with the topic, was necessary while seeking actions that can support custody and research laboratories on the preservation and management of cultural assets arising from archaeological research projects. Therefore, it is extremely important for archaeological heritage to have a place that meets principles of accountability (transparency, responsibility and responsiveness) when dealing with information. Finally, for laboratories and other storage and research institutions, it is important that they are offered conditions
and possibilities to highlight the information contained in social relations through objects. To this end, the museum documentation procedure becomes an ally in the retrieval of information throughout the entire length of the archaeological research process and beyond.