Exhibiting invisible narratives and objects at the Portuguese Maritime Museum in Lisbon
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2023
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O objetivo desta pesquisa é examinar a exposição permanente na “Sala dos Descobrimentos” (Discoveries Room) do Museu Marítimo Português, identificando se arepresentações de objetos e narrativas decoloniais que exibam os encontros dos Portugueses com Africanos e os povos Indígenas. O estudo pretende identificar artefactos anteriormente nunca expostos na exposição permanente do museu, abordandoa ausência de suas histórias traumáticas durante os encontros coloniais, ausentando as suas importâncias, etnias e eventos históricos críticos na história de Portugal. A pesquisa envolve uma análise meticulosa do espaço da exposição, com o objetivo dedescobrir como certos objetos, histórias e realidades históricas foram silenciados na narrativa do museu. O estudo pretende elaborar uma proposta de exposição permanentetrazendo visibilidade aos artefactos e narrativas invisíveis, mostrando as suas importâncias socioculturais, propondo corrigir distorções históricas e contribuir para a descolonização da narrativa do museu. Palavras-chave: Museologia, Objetos Museológicos, Invisibilidade, História, Portugal,Museu, Acervos, Práticas Museológicas, Estudos Decoloniais
This research aims to examine the permanent exhibition in the “Sala dos Descobrimentos” (Discoveries Room) of the Museu Marítimo Português (Portuguese Maritime Museum), identifying whether there are decolonial representations or conceptsaimed at the encounters of the Portuguese explorers with Africans and Indigenous peoples in the exhibition. The museum’s collection will also be analyzed working towardrevealing objects and histories that have never been exhibited in the museum before, hoping to later develop a proposal bringing visibility to these invisible artefacts and narratives, showing their sociocultural importance, and proposing to correct historical distortions. It intends to contribute to the decolonisation of the museum’s narrative and allow these objects to play a protagonist role as well. The research involves a meticulous analysis of the exhibition area, aiming to discover how certain objects, stories and historical realities have been silenced in the museum’s narrative by addressing this lack of their cultures and traumatic histories during colonial encounters and showing how the absence of these ethnicities and criticalhistorical events are relevant for the history of Portugal. Keywords: Museology, Museological Objects, Invisibility, History, Portugal, Museum, Archives, Museological Practices, Decolonial Studies
This research aims to examine the permanent exhibition in the “Sala dos Descobrimentos” (Discoveries Room) of the Museu Marítimo Português (Portuguese Maritime Museum), identifying whether there are decolonial representations or conceptsaimed at the encounters of the Portuguese explorers with Africans and Indigenous peoples in the exhibition. The museum’s collection will also be analyzed working towardrevealing objects and histories that have never been exhibited in the museum before, hoping to later develop a proposal bringing visibility to these invisible artefacts and narratives, showing their sociocultural importance, and proposing to correct historical distortions. It intends to contribute to the decolonisation of the museum’s narrative and allow these objects to play a protagonist role as well. The research involves a meticulous analysis of the exhibition area, aiming to discover how certain objects, stories and historical realities have been silenced in the museum’s narrative by addressing this lack of their cultures and traumatic histories during colonial encounters and showing how the absence of these ethnicities and criticalhistorical events are relevant for the history of Portugal. Keywords: Museology, Museological Objects, Invisibility, History, Portugal, Museum, Archives, Museological Practices, Decolonial Studies
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MUSEOLOGY, SOCIOMUSEOLOGY, MUSEUMS, MUSEU DA MARINHA PORTUGUESA, LISBON, PORTUGAL, MESTRADO EM SOCIOMUSEOLOGIA, MUSEOLOGIA, SOCIOMUSEOLOGIA, MUSEUS, MUSEU DA MARINHA PORTUGUESA, LISBOA, PORTUGAL, Mestrado em Sociomuseologia