LIBRARY REQUIREMENT AND EXPANSION OF THE MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH

• Grant number: 17/18185-8
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Technical Reserve for Institutional Research Infrastructure
• Start date: November 01, 2017
• End date: October 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Museology
• Principal Investigator: Maria Cristina Oliveira Bruno
• Grantee: Maria Cristina Oliveira Bruno
• Host Institution: Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia (MAE). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

From the fields of Archaeology, Ethnology and Museology, the technical-scientific body of the institution develops studies projecting different hypotheses that seek to understand the multiple faces of the human condition, over time and geographical space; technical-scientific undertakes curatorial treatment of these cultural assets and promotes expository communication and heritage education aimed at the different age groups and social segments, in addition to the university community, establishing connections with the different spheres of public policies of science, culture and education. In this context, research is the driving force for curatorial actions, for the elaboration of studies that have been disseminated from different bibliographic paths and for the promotion of scientific events. The institution operates, with great emphasis, from other media, either to a specialized audience through the Magazine of the Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, or from different media according to its production of scientific dissemination. (AU)