Social museology and university museums

an experience in teaching, research and extension with the Kamayurá

Abstract

This article reports on a social museological process involving teaching, research and extension at a university museum. It addresses the issue of social museology as a field that works with memory and heritage in a line of social transformation, based on actions that promote citizenship and the social protagonism of the subjects involved. It is considered that sustainable development is complex and needs to include aspects of memory and heritage of communities in its proposals.
heritage aspects of communities. It is also argued that universities have a commitment to carrying out interdisciplinary studies and projects for social intervention. To this end, an articulated experience at the Federal University of Bahia is presented, which included teaching, research and extension in an integrated manner with the Kamayurá indigenous group. It concludes with the idea that carrying out museum experiences with indigenous groups enriches the processes of museum protection, research and communication, in a two-way street both in conventional museum institutions and in the spaces of indigenous populations.