The drums stand!

First encounter of Afro-Brazilian Collections Network: Decolonizing museums, recognizing black-African contributions

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/1677-1222.2024vol24i2a9

Keywords:

Afro-Brazilian Collections, Religious material culture, material religion, museology, Afro-Brasil Museum

Abstract

This report aims to report presentations made during the 1st Meeting of Afro-Brazilian Collections Network, through a synthetizing the themes discussed and characteristics of the audience present at the event. The meeting was an open event conceived and organized by the management team of the Afro Brasil Museum in partnership with other museums in Brazil. The event took place on September 26, 2024, at the Afro Brasil Museum in Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo, and sought to create a space for dialogues about how to transform Afro-Brazilian collections, established under colonial logics, into vehicles for recognizing the Afro-Brazilian contribution to Brazilian culture.

Author Biography

Patricia Rodrigues de Souza, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brasil

Doutora em Ciência da Religião pela PUC São Paulo.
Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Religião da PUC SP

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Published

2024-10-21

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 2 (2024): Homenagem a Edênio Valle

Section

Fórum

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