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Objetos mundanos e ofícios banais: desabilidade dos gestos e genealogia da exclusão moderna

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Title: Objetos mundanos e ofícios banais: desabilidade dos gestos e genealogia da exclusão moderna
Authors: Vinícius Melquíades, Victória Carolina Pinheiro Lopes Dias
Source: Anais do Museu Paulista: História e Cultura Material, Vol 33 (2025)
Publisher Information: Universidade de São Paulo. Agência de Bibliotecas e Coleções Digitais, 2025.
Publication Year: 2025
Subject Terms: Estudos de materialidade, História de Minas Gerais, Arqueologia do Mundo Moderno, Artífices e artesãos, Estudos de cultura material, Panelas de pedra-sabão, Latin America. Spanish America, F1201-3799
Description: Through the concepts of materiality, mundane objects, and banal crafts, we propose a reflection on the potential of Archaeology and Material Culture Studies in the perception of genealogies of modern exclusion. We will use our ethnographies developed with craftsmen who make soapstone pots in the Ouro Preto and Marina regions of Minas Gerais, Brazil, emphasizing that this is an unofficial occupation. We will explore the sociabilities in which both craftsmen and artifacts participate, noting that this occupation is marked by an ontological abandonment. Through the materiality and mutual constitution processes that characterize collective and social relations, it was possible to identify stigmas associated with manual activities and the disability of gestures, indicating the invisibility and marginalization of both humans (craftsmen) and materials (soapstone pots) from the colonial period to the present day. Today, this process is manifested in how museums treat and display the soapstone pots, as well as in political and legislative issues affecting artisan communities.
Document Type: Article
ISSN: 1982-0267
0101-4714
DOI: 10.11606/1982-02672025v33e15
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/be12ff0cf7e1480ea29fe445f33a6cfa
Rights: CC BY
Accession Number: edsair.doi.dedup.....97f2cad5e3462a41f3f9e3b9c39ba958
Database: OpenAIRE
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Abstract:Through the concepts of materiality, mundane objects, and banal crafts, we propose a reflection on the potential of Archaeology and Material Culture Studies in the perception of genealogies of modern exclusion. We will use our ethnographies developed with craftsmen who make soapstone pots in the Ouro Preto and Marina regions of Minas Gerais, Brazil, emphasizing that this is an unofficial occupation. We will explore the sociabilities in which both craftsmen and artifacts participate, noting that this occupation is marked by an ontological abandonment. Through the materiality and mutual constitution processes that characterize collective and social relations, it was possible to identify stigmas associated with manual activities and the disability of gestures, indicating the invisibility and marginalization of both humans (craftsmen) and materials (soapstone pots) from the colonial period to the present day. Today, this process is manifested in how museums treat and display the soapstone pots, as well as in political and legislative issues affecting artisan communities.
ISSN:19820267
01014714
DOI:10.11606/1982-02672025v33e15