To Counter-Colonise Brazilian History Instead Of Decolonising It: On The Problematics Around Decolonisation In Museological Exhibitions

Authors

  • Arantxa Ciafrino Universidade Lusófona
  • Pedro Marco Gonçalves Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29311/mr.vi27.4896

Abstract

An observation from the perspective of Social and Experimental Museology on the interventions carried out in the long-term exhibitions at the Museu Histórico Nacional in Rio de Janeiro as part of the project “Decolonial Brazil: Other Stories.” This article analyses the agents involved in the project, the history and context in which the national museum is situated, and introduces Nêgo Bispo's concept of ‘Counter-colonisation’ to highlight museological processes as tools for questioning the past and experimenting in the present.

Keywords: Museology; Brazilian History; Decolonialism; Experimental-Museology; Counter-Colonisation

Author Biographies

Arantxa Ciafrino, Universidade Lusófona

PhD Candidate in Sociomuseology, Universidade Lusófona, Portugal.

Pedro Marco Gonçalves, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO

Museology Student at Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Brazil.

Front cover of issue 27 of Museological Review.

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Published

22-01-2025

How to Cite

Ciafrino, A., & Gonçalves , P. (2025). To Counter-Colonise Brazilian History Instead Of Decolonising It: On The Problematics Around Decolonisation In Museological Exhibitions. Museological Review, (27), 192–205. https://doi.org/10.29311/mr.vi27.4896

Issue

No. 27 (2024)

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Present

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