Arqueologia, processos de musealização e representação no Brasil: enredos da colonialidade, fissuras e contranarrativas

Abstract

This article analyses the processes musealization and representation that seek to communicate archeology and its knowledgeto a wide audience in Brazil, highlighting issues related tocolonialityin museums, exhibitions and other formsof dissemination and circulation of archaelogical knowlege. The article shows how dichotomies and hierarchies between present/past, us/others and subject/object, as well as acts of erasurehave marked the Brazilian context. At the end of the text , as a counterpoint, the article highlights the emergence of counter-narratives, explored, as possibilities for restoring stories and emancipating social groups.