Organização e representação do conhecimento em museus: coleção de pimenta-do-reino do museu histórico da imigração japonesa em Tomé-açu/Pará.

Abstract

The research proposal aims to discuss the organization and representation of knowledge in museums, from the perspective of Information Science, on museum collections. Museum objects, since, belongs to the context of museum hehtage and museum documentation. Problematization: How is knowledge organized and represented in the museum objects of the museum documentation in the Pimenta-do-Reino permanent collection at the Museum of Japanese Immigration in Tomé-Açu/Pará? Justification: To present proposals for the organization and representation of knowledge in the permanent collection of Pimenta-do-Reino due to the histohcal, cultural and social significance from the region following the arhval of this spice in the region by Japanese immigrants in the state of Pará. Methodology: This research is descriptive in nature, as technical visits were made to the site, as well as a bibliographic survey and investigation into the subject, based on museum documentation guidelines and thematic and descriptive representation tools used in other areas such as Librahanship, due to the interdisciplinary dialog between the areas. Results: Models of cataloguing sheets were drawn up for three categohes of museum objects from the Pimenta-do-Reino permanent collection, with fields for describing and contextualizing the object, followed by the Anglo American Cataloging Rules (AACR2) and the Guidelines of the Declaration of Principies of Documentation in Museums and International Guidelines for Information on Objects (CIDOC). Conclusion: The cataloging practice adopted in librahes is a viable practice with museum objects, because in its structure, there are chapters and rules that can be adapted for museums, where the information professional can conduct this procedure in the museum. The importance of analyzing the black pepper collection goes beyond the exhibition criteria. This section brings the memory, culture, representativeness and identity of the Japanese community in the state of Pará, and the black pepper boom is related to the development of the municipality of Tomé-Açu/Pará. Research and studies about the organization and representation of knowledge are suggested help to develop and improve viable cataloguing models for each category of museum object, taking into account the specific representation of each item according to its significance within the collection for the community.