Abstract
Esta comunicação visa refletir sobre o papel dos museus – tomados em sentido amplo – na sociedade contemporânea, em crescente processo de globalização, onde as assimetrias de toda a ordem são cada vez mais acentuadas. Por isso, os museus enfrentam hoje, nela, constantemente novos desafios, devendo assumir neste contexto de forma clara o seu papel político, levando-nos a pensar de que modo podemos com eles contribuir para uma vivência mais democrática e inclusiva, onde todos os cidadãos possam ter um papel ativo, e não sejam meros visitantes e espectadores de coleções e narrativas museológicas feitas por especialistas.
This paper aims to think the role of museums – considered in a broad sense – within contemporary society, as an increasingly globalized world, characterised by all kinds of crescent asymmetries.
Consequently, museums face today permanently new challenges in this context where they must clearly assume their political role, leading us to consider how we can contribute through them to a more democratic and inclusive societal life, in which all citizens could be able to play an active role, being not mere visitors and spectators of museum collections and narratives produced by museum experts.
This paper aims to think the role of museums – considered in a broad sense – within contemporary society, as an increasingly globalized world, characterised by all kinds of crescent asymmetries.
Consequently, museums face today permanently new challenges in this context where they must clearly assume their political role, leading us to consider how we can contribute through them to a more democratic and inclusive societal life, in which all citizens could be able to play an active role, being not mere visitors and spectators of museum collections and narratives produced by museum experts.
Original language | Portuguese |
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Pages (from-to) | 89-95 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | TAE - Trabalhos de Antropologia e Etnologia |
Volume | 60 |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Event | II Fórum Ibérico de Investigação em Museologia - Lisboa Duration: 13 Dec 2018 → 14 Dec 2018 |
Keywords
- Democracia
- Museus
- Cidadania
- Museums
- Citizenship
- Democracy