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Representing Disability in Museums : Imaginary and Identities
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The Representation of Disability in DGPC Museums Collections : Discourse, Identities and Sense of Belonging
Patrícia Roque Martins
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AbstractThe basis of this chapter is the post-doctorate research «The Representation of Disability in DGPC Museum collections: Discourse, Identities and Sense of Belonging» being conducted at the Department of Heritage Studies of the Faculty of Arts, University of Porto, and at the Directorate General for Cultural Heri tage (DGPC). This text is essentially about the problem of disabilities and social exclusion, focusing particularly on the relation between the social role of museums and the fight against social inequality. At the same time, it will look further into issues related with the way disability is represented in DGPC Museum Collections and its impact on the discourses in museums, addressing every possible avenue for building more positive and innovative narratives. The issue of disability will be analysed as a social phenomenon, questioning the creation of identities and social categories that support the discrimination of disabled people, and thus limiting their social participation. It starts out from the idea that the public cultural narra tives of disability — usually anchored in negative and depreciatory meanings —, create misconceptions about the reality of disabled people. While those meanings limit the way society relates to disability, they nevertheless lead to the actual identity distancing of this social group. In this sense, this chapter addresses the importance of museums as essential spaces for communicating ideas that may lead to social transformation and to a change of attitudes towards disability.
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