Abstract

VASCONCELLOS, Camilo de Mello  and  SILVA, Maurício André da. Collaborative community mediation: new perspectives for museum education. ETD [online]. 2018, vol.20, n.3, pp.623-639. ISSN 1676-2592.  https://doi.org/10.20396/etd.v20i3.8651713.

In the last decades, museums have adopted new agendas and guidelines, especially in the dialogue with their surroundings and different public. In this sense, portions of society in contexts of social vulnerability have been gaining ground within institutions, redefining their goals, planning and priorities. This article reflects on the educational work developed by the Museum of Archeology and Ethnology of the University of São Paulo with a group of children from the São Remo community (a “favela”* with 12,000 inhabitants, neighbor to the University) through collaborative community mediation. Since 2014, new actions have been carried out aiming, on the one hand, to reduce the symbolic and real distances between the Museum and its immediate neighborhood and, on the other hand, to amplify the social, political and educational role of the institution.

Keywords : Museum; Museum Education; Collaborative Community Mediation and Inclusive Public.

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