We agreed not to die: Body, image and the dispute over the meanings of death in museums

Corpo, imagem e disputa de sentidos da morte nos museus

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https://doi.org/10.5935/2177-6644.20250040

Abstract

Death, in its ambiguity, finds in museology a field of tension between silence and exposure. In the realm of anatomy, the body is often reduced to an object, without reflection on its cultural meanings. In a scenario of widespread circulation and digital communication of medical sciences, it is proposed that these spaces become critical arenas, integrating science, ethics, and history to rethink their representations.

Author Biography

  • Ellen Nicolau (UNIFESP), Federal University of São Paulo

    A PhD student in History, researching the processes of memory and musealization of Indigenous health, she holds a Master's degree in Museology and a Bachelor's degree in History with specialization in Social Movements and Contemporary Crises in the Light of Critical Materialism. She is a pedagogue specializing in Cultural Management, Human Rights Education, and History, Museology, and Science and Health Dissemination. She is a Museology technician with a focus on Museology, Cultural Management, and Education, with experience in cultural mediation, museological processes, and the management of cultural institutions. She contributes primarily to the areas of Museology, Health, and Cultural Democracy and is a coordinator for the Brás de Todo o Mundo collective, which focuses on Heritage Education. She currently teaches in the Museology technical program at the Paula Souza Center and serves as a technical advisor at the Football Museum in São Paulo.

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Published

2025-11-17

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2025): "Em vida, morte, te sei": olhares interdisciplinares sobre a finitude contemporânea (séculos XX-XXI)

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Dossiê | Special Issue | Dossier

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