África seja aqui: as casas do Benin, Angola e Nigéria na cidade do Salvador e suas representações de culturas africanas

The present research investigates the three African Cultural Houses constituted in the historical center of the city of Salvador, one being public – Benin Cultural House (1988), managed by the Gregorio de Mattos City Hall Cultural Foundation - and two private ones - Angola Cultural House (1999) and Nigeria Cultural House (2008), maintained by their respective governments. The creation of these houses was linked to the political will of their state agents, but also to the growing recognition of the African cultural heritage that began in the 1970s and, above all, to the process of "reafricanization" of the city, driven by the cultural, entertainment and tourism incipient industries. It also seeks to understand how Black Africa is represented in these spaces through descriptive and analytical analyzes of their long-term ethnographic exhibitions. Thus, the research dialogues with the history of the formation of these Cultural Houses, including their political issues, and with the Museology, regarding the museological communication of ethnographic artifacts devoid of their original functions. Semiotics and Anthropology also provide insights into the representational process of these museum artifacts. It seeks to understand how Black Africa is represented in these museums' spaces and what connections and dialogues these exhibitions can establish with the "black" city. The analyzes pointed out that these institutions tend to represent African cultures in a stereotyped way.

Grantor

Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas

Year dc:date.issued

2017

Author dc:creator

• Araújo Filho, José Joaquim de

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Cunha, Marcelo Nascimento Bernardo da

• Casa do Benin
• Casa de Angola
• Casa da Nigéria
• Representações de África
• Comunicação Museológica
• África – Difusão cultural
• Negros - Etnologia
• Centros Culturais – Salvador (BA)

Statement dc:rights

• Acesso Aberto

Language dc:language.iso

pt_BR

Dc Identifier Other

CDD-305.8

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repositorio.ufba.br:ri/24012