Museologia Industrial (not translated)
Code
722051319
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História da Arte
Credits
10
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To provide theoretical and practical knowledge relating to a branch of modern museology theme, related to the industrial
heritage and its historical insertion in international reality
b) Develop the problems intrinsic to industrial museology, through analysis and critical discussion of different cases of
museums industrial, technical, science, ecomuseums, rail and mining
c) Encourage the students´ contact with identities related to labor, industry and techniques, ordinary objects into cultural
and educational context
d) Encourage skills and abilities for the creation / production, programming, production management and industrial
museums
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE
Industrial Heritage as cultural heritage
Birth of technical and industrial museums
Industrial Museology: concept and genesis
INDUSTRIAL OBJECTS, ordinary objects
Distinction between industrial and artistic objects: machine and standardization
Collecting technical and industrial
Museum of Industry as a ´shop windows´
WORK AND REPRESENTATION OF WORK AT THE MUSEUM
Place of work and workers in industrial museum
The representation of labor in pre-industrial, industrial and manufacturing
Production spaces, technologies and mechanization. The culture techniques.
Identities and memories of work: the example of the mines
spaces
Social and political cultures of artisans, laborers and miners
CREATION / INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION OF MUSEUMS
Bases, museum programs and projects
Containers architectural and conversion of industrial spaces in museums
Shipyard conservation and restoration
Exhibition contents and museography
Bibliography
AA.VV., \"Actas do I Seminário sobre Museologia Industrial\", Arqueologia Industrial, 3.ª Série, vol. I, n.ºs 1-2, Porto: Museu
da Ciência e da Indústria, 1997, pp. 21-189
AA.VV, 1.º Encontro Internacional sobre Património Industrial e sua Museologia. Comunicações, Lisboa: EPAL, 2000
CUSTÓDIO, Jorge e CAMPOS, Nelson (coordenação), Museu do Ferro & da Região de Moncorvo. Centro de Interpretação,
Torre de Moncorvo: PARM, 2002
CUSTÓDIO, Jorge e RAMOS, Manuel Castelo, Museu da Cortiça da Fábrica do Inglês. Exposição Permanente. Estudos.
Catálogo, Silves: Fábrica do Inglês, S.A., 1999
SAMPAIO, Maria da Luz (coordenação), Reconversão e Musealização de Espaços Industriais. Actas do Colóquio de
Museologia Industrial, 17 e 18 de Outubro de 2002, Porto: Museu da Indústria, 2003
Teaching method
Lectures illustrated. Critical discussion of texts and documents previously distributed. Practical lessons in the context of
classroom or field trip. Case studies of museums and industrial spaces or miners. Analysis in the context of practical
classes, objects, industrial, mining and industrial heritage, with watching films relating to specific social and technical
forms of work related to different periods of industrialization. Percentage of 50% practical classes involving guided tours.
Evaluation method
The assessment follows the presentation and discussion of three individual papers: a study of industrial objects related
collections (30%), developing a theme other industrial or mining related to the program (50%) and also a report on a visit to
an industrial museum (20%).