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Museums and Memory: The Enchanted Modernity

Sepúlveda dos Santos, Myrian

Journal for cultural research, 2003-04, Vol.7 (1), p.27-46 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Título:
Museums and Memory: The Enchanted Modernity
Autor: Sepúlveda dos Santos, Myrian
Assuntos: memory ; museums ; the past ; themes and figures
É parte de: Journal for cultural research, 2003-04, Vol.7 (1), p.27-46
Descrição: From cabinets filled with curious and exotic objects, laboratories of scientific knowledge and temples of cultural imperialism, museums gradually evolved into organized collections adapted to the demands of the public. In all of these cases, scholars have associated museums with a dead past. The objective of this essay is to review modernist and postmodernist approaches to museums, arguing that, while they may correctly point to the different ways museums reinvent the past, they fail to perceive that modernity does not completely eradicate earlier forms of representation. The central issue is the place of the past in contemporary life. On the basis of a few examples, it will be argued that museums not only recreate the past, but also work with people's reminiscences and sacred objects. Finally, it will be considered that the different ways in which past and present are intertwined is directly related to historical development and territorial borders.
Editor: Taylor & Francis Group
Idioma: Inglês

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