A A REFLECTION ON MUSEUM, INFORMATION AND INFORMATION REPRESENTATION

INSTRUMENTS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF MEMORY IN MUSEUM CÍVICO RELIGIOSO PADRE CÍCERO

Abstract

It discusses the conceptual foundations about memory, information and representation of information and its relations, from the conception of museological artifacts. Later on, it describes how the representation of memorialistic information is constituted, relative to the artifacts that make up the collection of the Religious Civic Museum Padre Cícero, located in the city of Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, so that you can point out contributions to the information representation process, existing or nonexistent. The approach that characterizes this study is exploratory, with a bibliographic and qualitative design. Data collection occurred, initially, using the technique of participatory observation, in order to capture the necessary information for the identification of the representation of information about the Museum's collection. The discussion is initial, considering the aspect of research in progress, which leads us to a reflection on the convergences between information, memory and museum. Furthermore, the relevance of preserving museum collections through the registration and representation of information. Also, the safeguarding of the collection to safeguard the memory referring to the history of Padre Cícero, founder of the city of Juazeiro do Norte, who influences, up to the present day, cultural and religious movements, conditioning the economic development and the tourist potential of the city.