Museos, memoria e identidad afroecuatoriana

This paper analyzes the way in which museums in Ecuador represent Afro Ecuadorian culture. In studying the museums of the Banco Central del Ecuador, it is shown how the Afro Ecuadorian identity is deliberately excluded from museum spaces that represent the official memory of the Nation. This topic b...

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Autor principal: Jhon Antón Sánchez
Formato: Artículo científico
Publicado: Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales 2007
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Acceso en línea:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=50902908
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Sumario:This paper analyzes the way in which museums in Ecuador represent Afro Ecuadorian culture. In studying the museums of the Banco Central del Ecuador, it is shown how the Afro Ecuadorian identity is deliberately excluded from museum spaces that represent the official memory of the Nation. This topic becomes even more important at times when the Afro Ecuadorian society, by means of collective mobilization and action, battles racism and exclusion. In that battle the Afro Ecuadorians try and reclaim a space where their culture and history can be adopted into the Ecuadorian culture as a whole. This article answers two questions: The first being, what proposals and policies do the museums of the Banco Central del Ecuador have in regards to the inclusion of the culture and history of the Afro Ecuadorian’s? Secondly, how can a suitable museum narrative be implemented in relation to the contributions of the Afro Ecuadorian’s in the construction of the Ecuadorian nation?