História dos Museus e da Museologia (not translated) - 1st semester
Code
722051312
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História da Arte
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Alexandra Curvelo
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To know milestones in the history of museums;
b) To know and to reflect on the multiplicity of the museum field and the essential aspects of its complexity;
d) To exercise a critical analysis of exhibition spaces.
Prerequisites
N/A
Subject matter
1) The origin of the museums: the appeal of collecting. The history of the European museums: from treasures to the museums of the Renaissance and the Cabinets of Curiosities. The museums open to the public: enhancing the social role of museums; the nineteenth-century museums.
2) The renewal of museology in the twentieth century: modernity marks and postmodernism crisis. Extension of the museum concept and the new museology.
3) Current Issues: museology and heritage studies.
Bibliography
BRIGOLA, João Carlos Pires, Colecções, Gabinetes e Museus em Portugal no século XVIII. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian/Fundação para Ciência e Tecnologia, 2003
CLAIR, Jean, Malaise dans les musées. Paris: Flammarion, 2007
CHOAY, Françoise, L’allégorie du patrimoine. Paris: Du Seuil, 1992
HOOPER-GREENHILL, Eilean, Museums and the Interpretation of Visual Culture. London and New York: Routledge, 2000.
Idem, Museums and the Shaping of Knowledge. London and New York: Routledge, 1992
PEARCE, Susan (ed.), Interpreting objects and collections. London: Routledge, 1994
MACDONALD, Sharon (ed.), A Companion to Museum Studies. Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
SHUBERT, Karsten, The Curator’s Egg. The Evolution of the museum concept from the French Revolution to the present day. London: Ridinghouse, 2009
SILVA, Raquel H. da, “Os museus: Histórias e prospectiva”, Século XX. Panorama da cultura portuguesa. Porto: Edições Afrontamento/Fundação de Serralves, 2002, 3º vol., pp. 65-108
Teaching method
Lectures supported by images, complemented by the discussion of texts.
Evaluation method
The assessment consists in the ability to discuss the texts previously given and presented in the classroom (40%) and the writing and oral presentation of an essay in one of the areas covered by the programme and previously agreed with the Professor. All grading elements are mandatory. Late papers will be penalized and may not be accepted.