8 articles in this issue
Paula Assunção
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Wilke Heijnen
For a long time, museum’s form and function were impregnated with social exclusion, only accessible for a prosperous and educated minority. It held the monopoly on the past and therefore in a way on the present and the future. However times have changed a... see more
Eduardo Giménez-Cassina
Whilst the title of this essay suggests more than one “new museology”, it was rather a licence poétique to emphasize the two major theoretical movements that have evolved in the second half of the 20th Century[1]. As a result of the place(s)/contexts wher... see more
Mariana Lamas
“I’m all lost in the supermarket. I can no longer shop happily. I came in here for the special offer. A guaranteed personality”. The song by The Clash, released in 1979, “Lost in the Supermarket” describes the protagonist struggle to deal with an increasi... see more
Marjolein van der Vlies
The Dapperstreet[1] ...Anything is a lot, when you expect so little Life keeps its wonders hidden To suddenly reveal them in a divine state. I thought about all this, Soaking wet, one drizzly morning, Simply happy in the Da... see more
Rebecca Weldon
Rebecca Weldon “…we have to take into account the fact that museology and museums are two completely different things.” Martin R. Shärer[1] In the 20th century, growing populations produced a growing body of heritage. The transmission of this ... see more
Maria Fernanda Pinheiro de Oliveira, Ciema Silva de Mello
“The object is the continuation of the subject by other means” (Boaventura Souza Santos) This text was written for the 3rd Meeting of the Seminar on Social Museology, which took place at the Museu do Homem do Nordeste [Museum of the North-eastern Man], in... see more
Adolfo Samyn Nobre
Museu da Abolição [Abolition Museum] was inaugurated in 1983 in the city of Recife, one of the largest cities of north-eastern Brazil, located in the state of Pernambuco. This state has a special place in the history of the country: it dates back to the c... see more