Museums of sciences and technology in Brazil : a history of museology between the decades of 1950 and 1970 / Museus de ciencias e tecnologia no Brasil : uma historia da museologia entre as decadas de 1950-1970

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2008

RESUMO

Evidence of the establishment of museums of science and technology from the 1980s in Brazil is unquestionable and concrete, and it seems little consistent to explain the proliferation of museological initiatives as a mere imitation and/or voluntary creation process. The intention to go beyond the factually led to the search for other explanations. The core aim of the research was to attempt to understand the moments of the process which paved the way for the appearance of the projects of museums of sciences and technology carried out from the 1980s on, in Brazil. In other words, to understand what explains this appearance that could be noticed in the period studied, limited between the decades of 1950 and 1970. In this search, the start point was the assumption that the appearance of these museums was due to a proper environment for this phenomenon to occur. The analysis of documents from the museology as well as the science and technology areas substantiated and provided support for the construction of moments, environments and trajectories of Brazilian museums of science and technology category. This study aims at contributing to the history of Brazilian museology, emphasizing museums of science and technology

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ciencia e tecnologia museums museology museologia science museums museus de ciencia - inovações tecnologicas museus science and technology

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