O afro-religioso no museu : aba Educativo do Museu Afro Digital do Maranhão como instrumento para um educação antirracista e humanista

Abstract

Based on the assumption that the museum functions as an instrument for anti-racist and humanist education, this thesis reflects on the representations of Afro-religious issues in museums, especially on the spaces and non-spaces dedicated to the theme in official documents, the similarities and differences between education and museums, with elaborations on visits to museum spaces, collections as sources in the classroom and interpretations about presences and absences in these environments. In addition, it discusses the incorporation of new educational technologies in teaching, the museum as a space for preserving collective memory and the relationship of identification, estrangement and belonging to the different institutional narratives, based on the analysis of the collections of the Casa da Fésta and Cafuá das Mercês museums, which are the only two places where Afro-religious religions are safeguarded in Maranhão. To develop this research, the official documents, curricula and collections of museums that deal with Afro-religious issues were used as sources, in dialogue with theorists from different areas of knowledge. As a materialization of the research, the Educational tab was created, linked to the website of the Afro Digital Museum of Maranhão (MAD/MA), containing 5 educational sessions, all accompanied by a script of pedagogical guidelines and a text that introduces the sessions. The topics covered in the sessions are: clothing of the saints, food of saints, symbols of the terreiro, dwellings of enchanted beings, instruments and sacred songs.