Profile

Email

pontescelia@gmail.com

Science ID

931B-B6D9-5C26

Ciênciavitae

ORCID

Lab2PT Group

SpaceR - Space and Representation

Scientific Area

History Cultural Heritage

Supervision

Fátima Moura Ferreira Isabel Maria Fernandes

Project Title

History and Museography of the Alberto Sampaio Museum: a study on museums as heritage and knowledge production spaces

Abstract

The Alberto Sampaio Museum (MAS) has not received the attention and study from contemporary historiography that its relevance and specificity justify from the perspective of a sociopolitical and cultural history of the cities in the North of the country. It is important, for this reason, to advance with research that contributes to this objective and that contributes to clarifying the role of museums in the cultural dynamism of the daily lives of populations in the 20th century, in the space under study. From this perspective, the work plan is developed in three stages. In the first phase, the aim is to study the space, time and place of the MAS, between its creation and the present, with a view to the local, regional and national scales under the European spectrum. The second phase aims to analyse the MAS from within, that is, to study its collection in a broad sense, including the archive, collections and reserves and the documentation centre, in its local and national articulations. At the same time, analyze the people who shape it and give it life over time, from the protagonists (directors) and their technicians, without neglecting the relationships with local authorities and guardianship. In a third phase, the aim is to question the history of MAS within the horizon of the contemporary debate on museums, focusing in particular on two thematic axes: i) the museological object as a space for the construction of discourse and power; ii) the potential of the museum object from the perspective of stimulating more inclusive and democratic citizen practices.

Keywords

Guimarães, Alberto Sampaio Museum, Museography, Museums

Organic Unit

Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Minho