Papers by Maria Magdalena Neu
Cadernos de Sociomuseologia, 2020
Introduction This article aims to draw attention to a new school of thought inside of museology t... more Introduction This article aims to draw attention to a new school of thought inside of museology that has been developing with a strong focus in South America for approximately 30 years, and which is still largely unknown to many international scholars: Sociomuseology. In the following, it will be discussed which the innovative features of Sociomuseology (the school of thought) 2 and especially Social
A Sociomuseologia como escola de pensamento e a Museologia Social como prática. Como os museus podem ajudar a transformar a realidade dos grupos sob o efeito da marginalização?
As museums are organizations that are supposed to serve society, they need to adapt to social cha... more As museums are organizations that are supposed to serve society, they need to adapt to social changes. We live in an era where we understand that representativeness is of paramount importance for groups under effect of marginalization. The voices of these people have been systematically and institutionally silenced for several hundred years. Since traditional museology fails to engage with marginalized groups, and is, until today, a fundamentally elitist institution, Sociomuseology as a school of thought and the practice of Social Museology emerged with the clear mission to rectify this deficit. The school of thought, the practice and their potential for sociopolitical and economic development of a territory deserve to be carefully looked at. This article aims to provide insights about this new museological paradigm. Two case studies of Social Museum institutions in Brazilian favelas will be presented that exemplify the benefits these museums have already produced for the communitie...
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Papers by Maria Magdalena Neu