Repatriation and human remains - musealia, museality and musealization of indigenous objects

• Autor(a) principal: Cury, Marilia Xavier
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Em Questão (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EmQuestao/article/view/106438
• topic: Palavras-chave; Coleções indígenas. Repatriamento e restituição; Remanescentes humanos; Museu de arqueologia.; Indigenous collections. Repatriation and restitution. Human remains. Archeology Museum.

The article proposes a discussion on the return and repatriation of objects and collections, as a way of addressing the human rights. The central problem is in the human remains as musealia loaded with coloniality in the construction of museality and musealization. What for the museum is a “thing” or object, for the indigenous is a human being, according to the indigenous visions and voices brought to the article, which reinforce a vision of indigenous spirituality. This spiritual vision must be known by museum professionals to build new museum practices and new relationships between indigenous people and museums, all based on respect.