STEWARDS OF EMPIRE: HERITAGE AS COLONIALIST BOOTY

Authors

  • Pedro Paulo Abreu Funari Universidade Estadual de Campinas
  • Tamima Orra Mourad Instituto de Arqueologia, University College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31669/herodoto.v1i1.23

Keywords:

Stewards, empire, heritage, colonialism, Archaeology, Orientalism.

Abstract

Stewardship and colonialism are tightly interrelated. It can be defined as a tendency that stemmed out of the need to appropriate, protect, and guard; it nonetheless resulted in the abduction, deformation, and isolation of heritage from the living populations, as suggested by Latin American and Near Eastern cases. In this paper, we study how colonialism has historically shaped museum stewardship against distinct heritage backgrounds. Selected episodes of stewardship are here used illustrating the twofold background of stewardship; both political and pseudo-scientific enterprise, where stewards, are not mere mediators between past and present, rather pivots of their governmental sponsors’ political interests.

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Author Biographies

  • Pedro Paulo Abreu Funari, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
    Bacharel em História (1981), mestre em Antropologia Social (1986), doutor em Arqueologia (1990), pela USP, livre-docente em História (1996) e Professor Titular (2004) da Unicamp. Professor de programas de pós da UNICAMP e USP, Distinguished Lecturer University of Stanford, Research Associate - Illinois State University, Universidad de Barcelona, Université Laval (Canadá), líder de grupo de pesquisa do CNPq, assessor científico da FAPESP, orientador em Stanford e Binghamton, foi colaborador da UFPR, UFPel, docente da UNESP (1986-1992) e professor de pós das Universidades do Algarve (Portugal), Nacional de Catamarca, del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires e UFRJ. 
  • Tamima Orra Mourad, Instituto de Arqueologia, University College
    Possui graduação em Historia pela Universidade de São Paulo(1995), especialização em Museologia pela Universidade de São Paulo(2000) e mestrado em Archaeology pela American University Of Beirut(2003). Atualmente é Membro de corpo editorial da Archaeologies. Atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas:método, nacionalismo, teoria.

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Published

2026-03-30

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2016): Dossiê:O MUNDO CLÁSSICO E SUAS CONEXÕES AFRO-ASIÁTICAS

Section

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Copyright (c) 2017 Pedro Paulo Abreu Funari, Tamima Orra Mourad

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How to Cite

STEWARDS OF EMPIRE: HERITAGE AS COLONIALIST BOOTY. (2026). Heródoto: Revista Do Grupo De Estudos E Pesquisas Sobre a Antiguidade Clássica E Suas Conexões Afro-asiáticas, 1(1), 037-054. https://doi.org/10.31669/herodoto.v1i1.23