Curating Photographic Collections in Museums

Reflections from a set of photographs of the Asurini do Xingu people

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https://doi.org/10.22456/1984-1191.132986

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Collection, Photography, Curatorial Process, Asurini do Xingu

Abstract

In the article we intend to present our curatorial experience with a set of photographs of the Asurini do Xingu people. The set brings together a large number of digital and analogical photographs that were produced over more than twenty years on the context of (ethno)archaeological and anthropological researches carried out with that Amazonian indigenous people. Our objective is to show how we are carrying out the processes of digitalization, categorization and organization of such collection, highlighting the theoretical framework that has guided us on this research. At the same time, we intend to reflect about the importance of photographic collections receiving the status of collections in museums, allowing photographs to be research and preserved as objects that aggregate and intersect stories.

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Published

2023-10-07

How to Cite

PAIS PELLEGRINI, Ana Carolina; SILVA, Fabíola Andréa. Curating Photographic Collections in Museums: Reflections from a set of photographs of the Asurini do Xingu people. ILUMINURAS, Porto Alegre, v. 24, n. 65, p. 9–33, 2023. DOI: 10.22456/1984-1191.132986. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/iluminuras/article/view/132986. Acesso em: 10 aug. 2026.