O Museu da oralidade de Três Corações e seu arquivo : memórias, fragmentos, resíduo

Abstract

This theoretical-reflective work investigates and discusses the archive of the Oral Tradition Museum of Três Corações/MG, composed of life narratives (recorded and written), its developments and its current and future forms in the face of the transition from the physical to the virtual environment and the partial loss of this archive. The research problem concerns the investigation of the erasure of cultural spaces in small locations, specifically the Museum under study. In this sense, we investigate to what extent the residue of The Museum (website) represents a “gain” or “loss” of memory and whether the story told by the virtual version resembles that told by its physical version. The corpus is analysed from the theorical notions of memory, according to Assmann (2011a, 2011b, 2011c, 2011d), Le Goff (2013) and Bosi (2003a, 2003b). Starting from the considerations of Benjamin (2009a, 2009b, 2009c, 2009d, 2009e, 2009f, 2012a, 2012b, 2012c, 2012d, 2012e, 2012f) and Gagnebin (2009a, 2009b), the hypotheses for analysing the archive as fragment, residue and trace are developed. Colombo (1991a, 1991b, 1991c), Derrida (2001), Souza (2003) and Marques (2010) theoretically support discussions on the constitution and nature of the archive. Finally, considerations on culture and identity are based on research by Hall (2016, 2022a, 2022b, 2022c) and, with Arfuch (2009, 2010, 2012), the contemporary biographical space is addressed and, in this space, the possible projections of the investigated archive.