Ibero-American museology, and Brazilian museology in particular, is highly innovative but little-known in Europe. My research provides an opportunity to exchange views on very different heritage and museum realities.
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riginally from Brazil, Manuelina Maria Duarte Cândido arrived in Belgium in July 2018. " I have worked in various Brazilian cultural centers and museums, in mediation, coordination and management positions. " In 2009, Manuelina Maria Duarte Cândido was hired as a professor of museology at the Federal University of Goiás. "In 2015, I was seconded to the position of Director of the Brazilian Institute of Museums. It was a great challenge, but also a very interesting experience to better understand the diversity of the Brazilian museum field. The country boasts no fewer than 3,700 museums, ranging from large-scale institutions in major cities to many small community museums. Social museology is a particularity of Brazil: these are initiatives that emanate from a group or community (often indigenous people or inhabitants of poor neighborhoods) and are recognized by the government as bearers of memory "
Social museology
" Brazil experienced a coup d'état in 2016. The situation was very unstable. So I asked to return to my teaching position at the University of Goiás." Manuelina Maria Duarte Cândido's work there includes research into the different types of training in museology. In 2018, she joined the University of Liège, where she combines teaching and research. " Ibero-American museology, Brazilian in particular, is highly innovative but little known in Europe. My research provides an opportunity to exchange views on very different heritage and museum realities. In Brazil, people and their knowledge are an integral part of heritage. We have a militant vision of the museum
Between heritage and museums
" I'm also carrying out a research project on the collections of Karaja dolls, a native Brazilian people. This is an intangible heritage that has been museumized since the 19th century just about everywhere: in Germany, France, the United States and in several Brazilian museums. There's even a small collection at the Musée du Cinquantenaire in Brussels. I have mapped the dispersal of these dolls with a group of researchers. They are a living heritage, recognized in Brazil as intangible heritage. The case of this doll is interesting because it raises questions about the separation between heritage and museums. "
At the Université de Liège, Manuelina Maria Duarte Cândido teaches an introductory course in museology to art history and archaeology undergraduates. She is also responsible for the specialized course in museology for the master's degree in art history and archaeology. " In Brazil, we have a tradition of bachelor's degrees in museology. The master's degree has only been offered since 2006, and the doctorate since 2011. At the Federal University of Goiás, only the bachelor's degree in museology is offered. I'm attached to a master's and doctoral program in social anthropology. I still give a course there once a year, and I also supervise theses and dissertations from a distance. "
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