Lives in captivity: stories of the mapuche mogen and museum collections

Author(s)

Lucas da Costa Maciel

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2022-09-21

Examining board members

Pedro de Niemeyer Cesarino; Marisol de La Cadena; Magnus Edwin George Course; José Quidel Lincoleo

• Advisor: Pedro de Niemeyer Cesarino; Vanessa Rosemary Lea

Abstract

Based on conversations and reflections around four sets of Mapuche things, ethnographic objects understood here as mogen (living beings), this thesis discusses the formation of some museum collections, questioning their colonial contours. More specifically, it asks about the consequences of collecting based on elaborations carried out with Mapuche collaborators. Having colonialism as an object of inquiry, this thesis explores not only a series of relationships that are based or that take place in the vicinity of things, but also reflects on the living conditions of spirits, lineages and knowledge, among others, associated and affected by collections. This research took place in close dialogue and collaboration with the Mapuche Museum of Cañete Ruka Kimvn Taiñ Volil Juan Cayupi Huechicura, and in particular with Rosa Huenchulaf, then responsible for the museum\'s educational area. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 18/00894-5 - "Tame the Museum," or the shamanic politics of postcolonial conflict: the Mapuche Museum of Cañete as an artifact (Wallmapu, Chile)
• Grantee: Lucas da Costa Maciel
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate