A construção da memória popular no Museu do Ceará: uma abordagem cultural

Abstract

It analyses the popular memory building at Museu do Ceará. First of all, we make a historical and cultural course by the Museum, from its foundation until now, with the puporse to confirm this research theoretically.Thereafter we mention, based on some theoricals, conceptual aspects about memory, specially about popular memory, trying to estabilish a relation among the past, the present and the future. Identifying it as an active instrument of social transformation, we reflect about the object, verifying its symbolical value which can be seen as a document – content of memory. Then we explore the theme about popular culture, under historical, conceptual and anthropologycal perspectives, thinking about their influence upon the way of life in society and, consequently, emphasizing how essential for completion of theorical reference it is. We show the methodological aspects, it means characteristics which surrounded their elaboration and production, referring to the type, method of research and elements which were used to the raise the collection of pieces of information. At last, we present the analysis and its results with the purpose to answer proposals and showing contribution from this work in relation to Human Sciences, Bibliotheconomy and Sciences of Information areas.