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| Author(s): |
Jessica Silva Mendes
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia (MAE) |
| Defense date: | 2024-04-11 |
| Examining board members: |
Vagner Carvalheiro Porto;
Moacir Elias Santos;
Marcia Severina Vasques
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| Advisor: | Vagner Carvalheiro Porto; Cintia Alfieri Gama Rolland |
| Abstract | |
Studying museum collections is challenging, mainly because they consist of decontextualized pieces that often lack documentation. Objects, when placed in museums, as noted by Menezes (1980), see a reduction in their utilitarian value; however, it can be argued that they remain in use within an institutional discourse. Seeking to highlight this institutional use, we will ad dress eighty-four Egyptian pieces from the Museum of Biblical Archaeology at the Adventist University of São Paulo (MAB-UNASP), encompassing over nine temporal periods and twelve themes. Our goal is to place these pieces in a discussion about their current context, governed by a religious discourse, employing three methods: a theoretical discussion covering reuse theories, the formation of collections, and the construction of the \"Ancient Egypt\"; quantitative analysis through graphs; and qualitative analysis through a detailed catalog. Thus, in addition to offering a fresh perspective on collections, we aim to enhance understanding of how the institution approaches and communicates cultural heritage, providing a critical analy sis that goes beyond the limitations of limited documentation and decontextualization of the pieces. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 20/15668-0 - The materiality of the reoccupations of tombs in the Valley of the Nobles and in the Egyptian collection of MAB-UNASP |
| Grantee: | Jessica Silva Mendes |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |