Beyond paper records:

speaking about museum documentation in the classroom

Abstract

Speaking about museum documentation in a classroom is a task that demands creativity and constant articulation between basic concepts, as object-document and the practical issues of daily life in museums. Therefore, the teaching-learning process wins when realized based on the theoretical exploration of initials fundaments and exercises focused on a problem situation. However, it is worth emphasizing that addressing the topic in the classroom implies a careful look to contemporary questions, such as inclusive, democratic, and not centered on writing perspectives. Based on this scenario the present essay tries to present the ways that have been traced in two curricular components that deal with the documentation of museum collections in the Museology course at ETEC Parque da Juventude in São Paulo. To this end, an exploratory methodology was adopted, based mainly on empirical observations extracted from the daily life of teaching, with a view to sharing impressions and learning.