Musealização dos Direitos Humanos na América Latina: formas de representação discursiva e expográfica no Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, de Santiago - Chile

Abstract

The present one aimed to investigate the discursive and expographic forms of the human rights theme in memory and human rights museums in Latin America. To do so, it focused on analyzing three temporary exhibitions at the Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, in Santiago, Chile. From the discussions about human rights, memory and the expographic representation of human suffering, we sought to identify the recurrences in the way of exposing human rights in museum institutions that address traumatic memories. Thus, this research used a qualitative methodological contribution, as it depends on several search factors and because it consists of a work with phenomena. The research techniques implemented were, bibliographic research, with the objective of expanding the state of the art related to the theme, document research, with the purpose of searching primary sources on the participating institutions, and oral history, with the objective of seeking to understand how the theme of human rights is inserted in the general context of museums and also in the field of analytical categories of memory and the expographic representation of trauma. For data analysis, we used categories of analysis, created by the author and director, discourse analysis (ORLANDI, 2005), and multimodality (BENZEMER; KRESS, 2008). The inference from the data points to a recurring way of exposing human rights, artistic expression. This research was carried out remotely due to restrictions imposed by the pandemic of the disease caused by the coronavirus (Sars-Cov-2), popularly known as Covid-19.