Between the imaginary city and the sensitive city

a brief analysis of museum imagination in the Federal District and silenced identities

Authors

  • Karolline Santos Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisboa, Portugal, karolpach@gmail.com

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/hr.v25i3.66200

Abstract

This article aims to comprehend the relationship of performing memory in museums for the construction of belongings and identities in the context of the Federal District (Brazil) and how the heroic discourse about the conquest of the hinterland and the systematic silencing of the Brasília construction workers memories – so called candangos - both for their merit and for the hardships resulting from migration and settlement in the Planalto Central reflects and produces the marginalization of  residents from peripheral about the planned perimeter of Brasilia. Knowing that the cultural mediation exercised by these spaces is not only a reflection or product but also a producer of meanings, understand the right to memory as a straight way to raise awareness and the foundation of an action-reflection.

Keyword: Museums, Federal District (Brazil), Brasília.

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Author Biography

Karolline Santos, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisboa, Portugal, karolpach@gmail.com

Doutoranda em Museologia pela cátedra UNESCO Educação, Cidadania e Diversidade Cultural na Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias (Lisboa). 

Published

2020-12-28

How to Cite

SANTOS, K. Between the imaginary city and the sensitive city: a brief analysis of museum imagination in the Federal District and silenced identities. História Revista, Goiânia, v. 25, n. 3, p. 167–190, 2020. DOI: 10.5216/hr.v25i3.66200. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/historia/article/view/66200. Acesso em: 16 aug. 2024.