The formation of speeches about humanism in the Museu do Homem Americano and in the Musée de l'Homme

• Grant number: 12/21426-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: June 01, 2013
• End date: November 23, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - History of Science
• Principal Investigator: Aline Vieira de Carvalho
• Grantee: Isabela Soraia Backx Sanabria
• Host Institution: Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 14/11530-3 - The formation of discourses about humanism at the Musée de l'Homme, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

This project aims to understand how the American Museum of Man (Piauí - Brazil) and the Musée de l'Homme (Paris - France) build and sustain discourses about man and humanism, what categories of gender, culture, religion and appearance - among others - these institutions exclude / include to produce a speech about a universal man. We will analyze the contexts of creation of these museums and also its permanent exhibitions, aiming to understand how the articulation of their material culture and its museological practices are able to indicate which individuals belong or not to the category of human. The research of both institutions will be developed through the analysis of her written sources and also of their material culture, with the objective of demonstrate how his speeches are not irrefutable truths, but creations that should be investigated. In this sense, the project aims to understand how the two museums respond politically to society's expectations for modern identities, subjectivities and diversities. (AU)