Southern Landscape, Brazilian Scene, and Museum Action
Crisis management is inherent to the museum activity in Southern countries. Since their creation, Southern museums have been doomed to a continuous revisionism of practices in order to remain alive and useful to society. Investigation of historic, economic and social forces that contributed to the c...
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ICOFOM Study Series
2018
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| Zusammenfassung: | Crisis management is inherent to the museum activity in Southern countries. Since their creation, Southern museums have been doomed to a continuous revisionism of practices in order to remain alive and useful to society. Investigation of historic, economic and social forces that contributed to the creation of museums in the South highlights their peculiarities in contrast to the Western institutions. In the South, museum foundation corresponds to political emancipation, which does not imply collecting local artifacts. Art collections in Brazil museums have pieces that allude directly to European culture. Western art commands the exhibition circuit in local museums. This characteristic has consolidated complementary notions of museums in Brazil. In the common person’s imagination, a museum is a space aimed at those who have been initiated in cultural matters. For the elite, local museums have insignificant collections, hence they do not deserve any attention. The combination of these two perceptions results in the crisis Brazilian museums are still facing. Inefficient cultural policies and a timid society’s participation in the cultural sector has led museums to act aggressively to bring the public into the world of art. |
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