Conservação e restauro de bens móveis: desafios e perspectivas para a preservação do patrimônio cultural no Piauí

Abstract

In this work we present the results of of Action-Research developed under the Professional Master’s Postgra duate Program in Arts, Heritage and Museology, of the Universidade Federal do Piauí, middle-north of Brazil. We discuss problems and approaches in the fi eld of the preservaƟ on of mobile cultural heritage in the Piauí state. We used the Oral History method to reconstruct the professional histories and memories from who founded and worked for about 30 years (1987-2017) in the only workshop on the conservation and restora- Ɵ on of State mobile cultural heritage goods named “Oficina de Restauração” (OR). The problem-action that is revealed in this research is the need of the Cultural FoundaƟ on of Piauí (FUNDAC) being transformed intothe recently created Secretaria of State of Culture of Piauí (SECULT, 2015) and so, to invest in the needs of the OR which includes human and fi nancial resources, under penalty of contribuing to the on of the OR, which provides relevant services to society. The research is based on the restoraƟ on theories of BRANDI (2004) and VIÑAS (2010), which help to understand the work processes in the OR. Throughout the studies, we also developed acƟ ons, products and services: a text on the history of those workshop, accompanied by a documentary, as well as a project to create and install The Workshop on the ConservaƟ on of Mobile Cultural Heritage, at the Universidade Federal do Piauí – UFPI, under the management of the Professional Masters in Arts, Heritage and Museology, in the city of Parnaíba. We also carried out, in the iniƟ al phase of this research, theoreƟ cal and pracƟ cal acƟ viƟ es materialized in training courses in conservaƟ on and restoraƟ on, during 2016, at Teresina and at Parnaíba, with governament and community in general. This work contributed to the sensiƟ zaƟ on and aƩ ribuƟ on of meanings and signifi caƟ on to the formaƟ on of seniors and new professionals, that jusƟ fi es the need to carry out other acƟ ons of this nature in a systemaƟ c and conƟ nuous way. We also show our own training in the Postgraduate Program and Research Centers and Reference Laboratories in ConservaƟ on and RestoraƟ on, such as the Center for the ConservaƟ on and RestoraƟ on of Cultural Property - CECOR, at Minas Gerais, Brazil. ; The Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon; The José de Figueiredo InsƟ tute - IJF and the RestoraƟ on Workshop of the Setúbal Museum in Portugal.