The federal government wants to value the histories, memories, heritage and diversity of peoples, groups and sociocultural movements from all parts of Brazil. To this end, the Brazilian Institute of Museums (Ibram), of the Ministry of Culture (MinC), launched, this Tuesday (13), in Brasília, the 2023 Memory Spots Award – Helena Quadros edition. The initiative will distribute BRL 1.6 million, in 40 prizes of BRL 40,000 each, and is aimed at cultural entities and collectives that already contribute to the identification, registration, research and promotion of the tangible and intangible heritage of these groups. Applications will be open from June 20th to August 7th. The Minister of Culture, Margareth Menezes, emphasized that it is important to reconstruct the history of Brazil, from the point of view of those who live it. The minister recognized the work of those dedicated to registering “the doing” and “the living” of these communities. “After almost 10 years without notices for the Memory Spots, the Ministry of Culture resumes this important initiative, with the rescue of culture and memory. Just as we have the right to culture, guaranteed in the Federal Constitution, the Brazilian people also have the right to memory, in its different languages, based on the idea of social participation, with respect to identity, territory and invisible memories”. The president of Ibram, Fernanda Castro, valued the role of “memories makers”. And she thanked them “for making themselves present in all regions of Brazil through the partnership, collaboration and fight that the memory points represent”. “In the hard six years of cultural dismantling, you were resistance and encouragement for all of us. Now, from resistance, we will be existence! We want you to be the protagonists in our shared management. Without you, we cannot move forward”, said the president of Ibram. Certification To participate in the 2023 Memory Spots Award – Helena Quadros Edition, interested entities and collectives must obtain, by June 20, the Memory Spot certification, granted by Ibram. The request must be made online. Ibram considers that recognition and entry into the National Register of Memory Points can serve to secure future support and partnerships. Cultural entities or collectives that develop programs, projects and actions related to culture, education, social museology, with the appreciation of the cultural heritage and memories of these communities may apply for certification. The president of Ibram, Fernanda Castro, reveals that, in the last month alone, over 70 memory points were recognized. “Like those of hip-hop culture, quilombolas, indigenous peoples, museum education, extractive reserves, the network of rural culture and memory points, in short, a diverse and colorful universe of popular initiatives on museums, memory and living culture”. Speeches This Tuesday, during the launch of the notice for the 2023 Memory Points Award, at the MinC headquarters, new certificates were handed out that recognize 44 memory points (list attached in the email). The ceremony was filled with cultural presentations and speeches by representatives of these Memory Spots. Mãe Baiana do Ilê Axé Oya Bagan, who participates in the social movement to combat religious racism in the Federal District, told those present about the resilience after the fire that destroyed the candomblé terreiro in Paranoá, in 2015. sacred to one day think about making a museum. And that day has arrived, along with the point of memory and culture, which is open to visitors”. Mãe Baiana considers the act criminal, despite the Civil Police of the Federal District ruling out, in 2016, the motivation for religious intolerance. Musician Rafa Rrafuagi, from Rio Grande do Sul, got the audience to sing in honor of the 50th World Anniversary of Hip Hop Culture and called on everyone to spread the so-called social technologies. “The task of everyone here today is to multiply [esse prêmio] and take you to each extreme break in your state. Through this, we can make the memory points self-recognize”, she called. In his speech, the community leader of Quilombo do Grotão, from Niterói (RJ), José Renato Gomes da Costa, defended the legacy of resistance and struggle of the black people in Brazil. “I participate in the biggest movement that celebrates our people in the country that we, black people, did in the slave force. A country in which, until today, black people still have not been able to participate in a fair and equal way in Brazilian society. Black people deserve so much more. The story has to be told as it really happened, with the injustice they did to black people”. The articulator Ayanami Gonçalves, from Recife, celebrated the visibility of black transsexual women, transvestites and black gay men, within the Ballroom dance culture, a political and entertainment movement that highlights gender, sexuality and race diversity. “Since 2016, in Recife, my colleagues and I, my partners in the struggle, have been at the forefront of this movement, taking the Ballroom culture to public spaces and making it happen. We are here, as a memory point, to rescue the memory of our ancestors”. Tribute This year’s Pontos de Memória Award honors the doctor in Education from Pará Helena do Socorro Alves Quadros, a victim of the covid-19 pandemic in 2021. The educator founded the Ponto de Memória da Terra Firme, in Belém, one of the pioneers in the Brazil that preserve the memory of communities that could not express their social and cultural values. There, Helena contributed to gathering photographs, interviews, stories, legends and objects that tell the story of the Terra Firme neighborhood community. Helena Quadros was also remembered for her work in the educational sector of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, linked to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI). The honored daughter, Camila Quadros, moved with emotion, spoke about her mother’s legacy, who understood museums as open spaces. “Helena was an extremely active person in community and social museology. The idea was that no one would be excluded from museums, that everyone could have access to a museum. She thought about joining the community and from there things developed, creating several projects”. “My mother really liked what she did: working in academia, with the university, but also working in community centers, inside the Goeldi Museum. She wouldn’t stop”, recalls the young Camila Quadros about her mother who worked with several audiences.
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