Culture as an aggregator element for information units: pluralizing cultural events

• Autor(a) principal: Santa Anna, Jorge
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Digital de Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/rdbci/article/view/8641700
• topic: Culture. Libraries. Files. Museums. Information Units. Cultural Diversity.; Cultural action in libraries; Culture in Information units.; Cultura. Bibliotecas. Arquivos. Museus. Unidades de Informação. Diversidade Cultural; Ação Cultural em bibliotecas; Cultura em Unidades de Informação

Culture manifests itself as an inherent segment to human and social practices, determining factor in social identity of a nation. Although it consolidates multiple forms, cultural diversity is striking feature of societies, being considered, over time, as a social product built and valued. Its importance is justified in the face of numerous forms of preservation and maintenance of specific cultural types, being held by different institutions. Libraries, archives and museums represent the major institutions in which methods and storage techniques and conservation of cultural products produced by the companies are developed. Therefore, this article brings up reflections on the relationship between culture with key information units, represented here by libraries, archives and museums. Conceptualizes culture in the social sphere; discusses the role of libraries, archives and museums as culture throughout history; It presents the social function related to the inherent culture in the making of information professionals. Exposes participation and appreciation of the public authorities as the investments made in these institutions, considering cultural aspects. After analysis and discussion proposed in the literature, it was found that the information units represent storers centers and disseminators of culture. However, it was realized that the reality still requires effort considering harness the potential of these institutions as to the preservation and dissemination of cultural memory. This fact arouses greater reflection on the participation of society and government in the management of these spaces, in view of ensuring the recognition and respect of cultural diversity.