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SITES OF MEMORY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN BRAZIL: critical mapping and contribution of practical experiences to theoretical discussions

Grant number: 23/13497-2
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
Start date until: October 01, 2024
End date until: September 30, 2026
Field of knowledge:Interdisciplinary Subjects
Principal Investigator:Renato Cymbalista
Grantee:Ana Paula Ferreira de Brito
Host Institution: Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FAU). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

With Brazilian redemocratization, the country witnessed timid movements articulated, especially by victims of the dictatorship (1964-1985), who were gradually being discussed in the public space and made possible by public memory policies.Memorialization, patrimonialization and museumization actions of memories traumatic actions of the dictatorship have been undertaken throughout the national territory. Registerthat in recent decades the number of sites of memory and consciousness has grown-SMC created and claimed. Despite this, the production of Brazilian academia about these initiatives, especially the critical discussion about the concept of SMC and its methodological practices. In this context, this research hasas a presupposition to map the SMC established on the subject of dictatorship in the country andpromote an analysis that deepens the theoretical discussion on the definition of SMC andtheir methodologies for the work of reframing traumatic memories. For that,in addition to the bibliographical review on these museumization initiatives, research about the different types of musealization of traumatic memories will be made on site to collect institutional data on the programs undertaken andquestionnaires and oral history interviews were carried out with the managers of the institutionscreated. The research hopes to theoretically strengthen the theme and contribute tostrategies for re-signifying traumatic pasts aiming at valuing human rights and democracy in the present.

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