COMMUNITY MUSEOLOGY IN THE CARIRI REGION OF CEARÁ

PARTICIPATORY CURATION AND EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES

Abstract

Community museology has expanded discussions on social participation, cultural mediation and the democratization of heritage narratives, especially in contexts marked by strong symbolic production and territorial bonds. In the Cariri region of Ceará, museum experiences connected to popular culture, social memory and local knowledge reveal participatory forms of preserving and communicating cultural heritage, in which community subjects assume an active role in the production and circulation of knowledge. In this context, the article analyzes how participatory curation practices influence educational processes and the shared construction of knowledge in community museum spaces. Methodologically, the study is characterized as exploratory-descriptive research with a qualitative approach, developed through bibliographic survey and theoretical-conceptual analysis concerning community museology, participatory curation and educational practices in museums. The discussion is based on the understanding of curation as a process of framing, treatment and extroversion of heritage, emphasizing its social, educational and participatory dimensions. The analyses indicate that community museum experiences in Cariri contribute to expanding educational mediation processes, valuing territorialized knowledge and promoting collaborative forms of constructing heritage narratives. It is concluded that participatory curation may foster more dialogical educational practices and broaden social participation in the production and circulation of knowledge within community museum spaces.