Museus e representações culturais da deficiência : entre uma identidade individual e uma história coletiva
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2024
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Lusofona University
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Este capítulo explora algumas inquietações e valores que fazem parte dos processos de reflexão que me levaram à construção do conhecimento científico em museologia, produzindo questionamentos sobre a própria natureza do significado cultural da deficiência. Introduzem-se, também, questões teóricas e práticas em torno da representação da deficiência, desafiando a relação dos museus com a deficiência como espaços de exclusão/inclusão, de construção de significados culturais, mas, também, de perpetuação de práticas discriminatórias e de estereotipagem. Assim, e embora falando sempre do ponto de vista da minha experiência enquanto investigadora da arena da museologia e dos estudos da deficiência, aproveitarei esta oportunidade para me debruçar sobre a minha própria biografia, arriscando-me, por ventura, a trilhar caminhos mais incertos, mas que a mim me têm norteado e feito parte do meu percurso profissional nos modos de pensar e fazer investigação sobre os museus e a deficiência. As motivações para o fazer são várias. Se por um lado, interessa-me explorar a relação entre a biografia do investigador e a produção do conhecimento científico desenvolvida no mundo académico – mediando relações entre pessoas, entre pessoas e coisas e entre pessoas e o mundo físico e o imaginário –, por outro lado, interessa-me materializar uma narrativa que junta e sobrepõe questões de identidade com o objeto de estudo. Para além disso, debruçar-me sobre a minha própria biografia permite-me explorar questões relativas à representação de uma forma transversal, compreendendo perspetivas que abrangem diferentes olhares no modo como o significado cultural da deficiência produz efeitos nas relações entre pessoas com deficiência e sem deficiência, mas, sobretudo, na construção identitária do nosso próprio eu e das noções convencionais de alteridade.
This chapter explores some concerns and values that are part of the reflective processes that led me to the construction of scientific knowledge in museology, raising questions about the very nature of the cultural meaning of disability. It also introduces theoretical and practical issues surrounding the representation of disability, challenging the relationship between museums and disability as spaces of exclusion/inclusion, of cultural meaning-making, but also of the perpetuation of discriminatory practices and stereotyping. Thus, while speaking from the perspective of my experience as a researcher in the field of museology and disability studies, I will take this opportunity to reflect on my own biography, taking the risk, perhaps, of venturing down more uncertain paths, but ones that have guided and shaped my professional journey in thinking and conducting research on museums and disability. The motivations for doing so are varied. On the one hand, I am interested in exploring the relationship between the researcher’s biography and the production of scientific knowledge developed within academia—mediating relationships between people, between people and things, and between people and both the physical and imaginary worlds. On the other hand, I am interested in materializing a narrative that intertwines and overlaps identity issues with the object of study. Moreover, reflecting on my own biography allows me to explore issues of representation in a cross-cutting manner, understanding perspectives that encompass different views on how the cultural meaning of disability impacts relationships between disabled and non-disabled people, but above all, on the identity construction of our own selves and conventional notions of otherness.
This chapter explores some concerns and values that are part of the reflective processes that led me to the construction of scientific knowledge in museology, raising questions about the very nature of the cultural meaning of disability. It also introduces theoretical and practical issues surrounding the representation of disability, challenging the relationship between museums and disability as spaces of exclusion/inclusion, of cultural meaning-making, but also of the perpetuation of discriminatory practices and stereotyping. Thus, while speaking from the perspective of my experience as a researcher in the field of museology and disability studies, I will take this opportunity to reflect on my own biography, taking the risk, perhaps, of venturing down more uncertain paths, but ones that have guided and shaped my professional journey in thinking and conducting research on museums and disability. The motivations for doing so are varied. On the one hand, I am interested in exploring the relationship between the researcher’s biography and the production of scientific knowledge developed within academia—mediating relationships between people, between people and things, and between people and both the physical and imaginary worlds. On the other hand, I am interested in materializing a narrative that intertwines and overlaps identity issues with the object of study. Moreover, reflecting on my own biography allows me to explore issues of representation in a cross-cutting manner, understanding perspectives that encompass different views on how the cultural meaning of disability impacts relationships between disabled and non-disabled people, but above all, on the identity construction of our own selves and conventional notions of otherness.
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MUSEOLOGY, SOCIOMUSEOLOGY, MUSEUMS, CITIZENS WITH DISABILITIES, SOCIAL INCLUSION, IDENTITY, MUSEOLOGIA, SOCIOMUSEOLOGIA, MUSEUS, CIDADÃOS COM DEFICIÊNCIA, INCLUSÃO SOCIAL, IDENTIDADE, Cadernos Sociomuseologia Nova Serie 24 - 2024 (vol. 68)
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Martins, P R 2024, 'Museus e representações culturais da deficiência : entre uma identidade individual e uma história coletiva', Cadernos de Sociomuseologia, vol. 68, no. 24, pp. 31-42. https://doi.org/10.60543/csm.v68i24.9827