História e cultura africana e afro-brasileira: proposta de elaboração de um repositório temático digital de exposições museais

Abstract

The present research is guided by the idea that virtual museums can function as na educational resource and contribute to a more plural and democratic teaching-learning process regarding the history of the Black population in Brazil. The objective of this study is to develop a digital thematic repository of museum exhibitions an educational resource to the teaching-learning process on the history of the Black diaspora. To achieve this, the work explores available resources that can enhance the development of a digital thematic repository of museum exhibitions; selected the exhibitions as content to be included in the thematic repository; and identify digital tools that contribute to the construction, visibility, and use of the repository. To elucidate the central themes of this study, the following topics were examined: teaching the history of Afro-Brazilian culture, digital repository, museums, decoloniality, museum education, virtual museums, and educational resources. Regarding the methodological procedures, bibliographic research was conducted in databases and directories of electronic journals and learning objects, as well as specific collections dedicated to Black culture and intellectual production. The development of the educational resource followed the following design: research and bibliographic survey (on the thematic of the digital thematic repository), selection, treatment, and organization of the collection (content) to be made available, and creation, configuration, and customization (of the repository using Tainacan – a technological solution for creating digital collections on the Internet). The resource developed dissemination of the Black diaspora history and to the teaching of African and Afro-Brazilian history and culture, once adapted to schools and their social context.