The importance of local museums in Portugal

The widening of the notion of heritage and the consequent redefinition of the “museological object”, the idea of community participation in the definition and management of the museological practice, museology as a development factor, the issues of interdisciplinarity, the use of “new technologies”...

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Main Author: Primo, Judite Santos (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10437/4407
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:recil.ensinolusofona.pt:10437/4407
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Summary:The widening of the notion of heritage and the consequent redefinition of the “museological object”, the idea of community participation in the definition and management of the museological practice, museology as a development factor, the issues of interdisciplinarity, the use of “new technologies” of information and museography as an autonomous communications means, are examples of issues resulting from contemporary museological practices. If indeed museology in Portugal intends to continue to participate in international museology’s renovation process, it is evident that it must adequately (re)think theoretical and practical museology so as to meet the new demands…