Class Indepth Studies in Museology

This Curricular Unit is part of the set of curricular units of the Master in Sociomuseology, which correspond to specialized knowledge covering, as a whole, the main areas of knowledge considered fundamental for the construction of the desired profile at the master level, with a workload of 20 contact hours.

• From the contemplative museum to the active museum
• New formats and scope of museums
• Perspectives of local development: equity and difference
• A museology of development: roots of the concept and its operationalization
• Politics and museums: the recent investment in museological institutions, objectives and profitability in different areas
• Museums and their direct impacts on local communities
• Personal development
• The strengthening of identity ties
• The preservation of knowledge
• The significance and appreciation of museums' actions
• Museums and their indirect impacts on local communities

Classes in seminar format allow a comprehensive reflection of the problems under discussion. More important than the transmission of knowledge is, in this sense, the attribution of competences based on the reflection and criticism of the themes presented through the debate oriented around the treated subjects. Experts are invited in the different fields of the treated themes, mostly international, allowing a reflection and criticism of the themes presented through the guided debate around the treated subjects and providing a comprehensive reflection on the subjects taught. An international study visit is carried out annually, allowing contact with different realities and forms of action, enabling new perspectives and the sharing of knowledge with different realities. The evaluation is carried out continuously.

• CHAGAS, M., STUDART, D., & STORINO, C. (Eds.) (2014) - Museus, Biodiversidade e Sustentabilidade Ambiental . Rio de Janeiro: Espirógrafo.
• KARP, I., & LAVINE, S. (1992)- Museum and Comunities: the politics of public culture . Washington: Smithsonian Press.
• S THÉVENIAUT-MULLER, M. (1992) - Le développement local, une réponse politique à la mondialisation . Paris: Desclée de Brouwer.
• TOBELEM, J.-M. (Ed.). (2001) - Politique e Musées . Paris: L.Harmattan