ICOM-ICME Annual Meeting

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 10-17 August, 2013

Daniel Inoque

(Student of Master in Heritage Studies at Open University of Lisboa, Portugal)

(Honours Degree in History at Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique)

(Researcher of Fisheries Museum-Mozambique)

(Documentalist of Fisheries Research Institute)

Theme 2:

Curators, Collections, Collaboration towards a Global Ethics

Title:

A critical analyse of the involvement of stakeholders in the process of creating memories and stories to be represented at Fisheries

Museum of Mozambique

Summary Introduction

Fisheries Sector in Mozambique

Museums and Envolvement of Stakeholders

Origins and Development of Fisheries Museum in Mozambique

Stakeholders, Fisheries Museum of Mozambique and a process

of creating memories and stories to be represent in Fisheries

Museum in Mozambique

Conclusions

Introduction The fisheries sector in Mozambique is implementing a long term strategic

plan

The Consequence of that is changing a traditional technology of fishing to the modern

technology

Many social practices and traditional technology have been lost or transformed

The similar process happened in at the end of the 19th century and the

beginning of the 20h century

The Portuguese colonial government settled many Portuguese in Mozambique

(Poveiros)

They introduced a first visible technological revolution on the fisheries activity

The ‘Fisheries Culture’ in Mozambique reflect this ‘culture meeting’

This communication tend to analyse how the ‘Fisheries Culture’ (memories and story)

would be represent in Fisheries Museum in Mozambique and the involvement of

stakeholders in process

Fisheries Sector of Mozambique Artisanal Fishing

Traditional activity in the World

More than 350.000 people have been involved in activity in

Mozambique

About 100.000 ton per year are fish catch by this fisheries

Food security and income for Fisheries Community

Semi-industrial Fishing

Prawn Fish

Kapenta Fish

Industrial Fishing

Prawn Fish

Tuna Fish

Aquaculture

Prawn

Fish

Museums and Involvement of

Stakeholders

Code of Professional Ethics-ICOM

Educational and Community Role of the Museum

Displays, Exhibitions and Special Activities

UNESCO, Convention o Intangible Heritage

Article 15 – Participation of communities, groups and individuals

Social Museology or New Museology

Contribution in involvement of communities in Museum projects-Model

Origins and Development of Fisheries

Museum in Mozambique (1)

First references

Fishery Commission of Mozambique colonial regime created at 1902

First ideas

Manuel Luís Gonçalves at 1982 (Actual Assessor of Fisheries Museum of

Mozambique)

Project of Development of Artisanal Fisheries in Mozambique

A Mozambique Fisheries Museum Project

Cooperation between Mozambique and Norway

Implementation of the Project

Coordination Boad (2006-2012)

Work Commission of Implementation of Mozambique Fisheries Museum Project

(2012-)

Origins and Development of Fisheries Museum in Mozambique (2)

First Results

Building Project

Started Building the Fisheries Museum of Mozambique

(2012)

The project is in process of adjustment

Organization of part of Archives of the old Fisheries

General Office

Legal Creation on June 2013

Open exhibition

Origins and Development of Fisheries Museum in Mozambique (3)

Building Project

Origins and Development of Fisheries Museum in Mozambique (4)

Building Project

Origins and Development of Fisheries Museum in Mozambique (5)

Building Project

Origins and Development of Fisheries Museum in Mozambique (6)

Building the Fisheries Museum of Mozambique (2012)

Origins and Development of Fisheries Museum in Mozambique (7)

Building the Fisheries Museum of Mozambique (2012)

Stakeholders and a process of creating memories and

stories to be represent in Fisheries Museum in Mozambique

Museological Project and Stakeholders

Identification and perspective of involvement

Fisheries Communities

Industrial Fishing Operator

Fisheries Public Administration

Creating Memories and Stories to be represent in Fisheries

Museum

Analyse of involvement of stakeholders

First stage: description the activity of Stakeholders

Second stage: Identification the memories and stories with exceptional value

with the stakeholders

1. The stage of process of the establishment of Fisheries

Museum in Mozambique the involvement of the

stakeholders need more systematization

2. The first stage is development research about the

‘Fishing Cultural’ in Mozambique

3. The second stage in collaboration with stakeholders is to

identify the ‘Fishing Culture Heritage’.

Conclusions

FISHERIES MUSEUM OF

MOZAMBIQUE

‘Eternize the Fishing Culture’

THANK YOU

OBRIGADO