From Zélia Gattai's memorial project to the musealization of the Casa do Rio Vermelho (Salvador, Bahia)

Based on the memorial actions of Zélia Gattai in photography and literature which built up a photographic collection later donated to Casa de Jorge Amado Foundation (FCJA, Salvador) in 1991, to contribute to research on the life and work of the writer Jorge Amado, we seek to report and to analyze th...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: de Jesus Santos, Milena, Moraes Cerávolo, Suely
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2021
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Repository:Revista Museologia & Interdisciplinaridade
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/34154
Online Access:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/museologia/article/view/34154
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Musealização
Acervo fotográfico
Zélia Gattai
Museu Casa do Rio Vermelho
Jorge Amado
Musealization
Photographic Collection
Casa do Rio Vermelho Museum
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Summary:Based on the memorial actions of Zélia Gattai in photography and literature which built up a photographic collection later donated to Casa de Jorge Amado Foundation (FCJA, Salvador) in 1991, to contribute to research on the life and work of the writer Jorge Amado, we seek to report and to analyze the procedures in favor of the musealization that originated the museum Casa do Rio Vermelho - Jorge Amado and Zélia Gattai, a municipal institution managed by the Secretary of Development, Tourism, and Culture of Salvador. The methodology was based on information collected from journalistic materials and literary publications, making it possible to identify the contributions to the musealization of the house at Rua Alagoinhas 33.  We concluded that the musealization of the residence was possible thanks to the narrative processes instituted by the writer herself over five decades and with this her legal and symbolic heirs set up the museum.