Abstract

PIMENTEL, Álamo. The Lessons of things. Linhas Críticas [online]. 2015, vol.21, n.44, pp.139-157. ISSN 1981-0431.  https://doi.org/10.2015/lcv21n44.009.

Museums are spaces for teaching anthropology. Based on an instructional project in anthropology of education at a museum of anthropology in a Brazilian public university, important meanings emerge for the experience of ethnographic estrangement towards objects from the permanent exhibition. Based on an analysis of visit reports produced by students, the author presents the different discursive arrangements that make up the collections of the exhibition, and reveals, based on the configurations of meanings produced by the students, the main "lessons of things" that emerge from this experience. The results indicate that aesthetic and ideological aspects, different marks of gender and sexuality, as well as the lack of prior knowledge are the main causes of estrangement.

Keywords : Anthropology of Education; Education and Museums; Teaching..

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