Ecomuseu da Serra de Ouro Preto (MG): o afeto como processo museológico entre comunidade, patrimônio e território

Abstract

The Ecomuseum of Serra de Ouro Preto (MG) recognizes itself as a community organization, established by the bias of the new museology and self-managed by the subjects and actors present in the territory, acting in the preservation of knowledge and practices. This work seeks to reflect on how the practices of Ecomuseum da Serra have the potential to preserve cultural heritage through everyday social relationships and affection established within the community. Thus, our objective was to analyze the museological process of the Ecomuseum through the bias of the relationships of affection between the community, the heritage and the territory. The methodology of the work consists of a bibliographic review of the concepts of cultural heritage, ecomuseums and hospitality linked to decolonial studies. In addition, a documentary research was carried out at the local level, in the the Ecomuseum, LAPACOM and IPHAN’s archives about the processes of the museum’s implantation. Associated with this, the methodology of participant research is also adopted, with the purpose of understanding the affective relationships that occur in the daily practice of the community with the ecomuseum. Thus, we aim at an interdisciplinary dialogue around the actions of the Ecomuseum da Serra, with the purpose of understanding the various relationships between territory, heritage and community, departing from the perspectives of the subjects involved. We can also verify the affection as a museological process of the Ecomuseum of Serra de Ouro Preto in the daily preservation of its traditional knowledge and practices, the local landscape and the various cultural heritage present in the territory, resulting in an organic relationship between community, territory and heritage.