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Bearing in mind that museums are engaging with people in vulnerable conditions, are their initiatives supporting the recognition, protection, exercise, and advancement of human rights? What motivations, opportunities, obstacles, and impacts may these activities have? Bearing in mind, the international doctrines on heritage and human rights (ICOM in New definition of museum 2022; ICOM and UNESCO in Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage 1972; UN in Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948; UN in International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,1966a; UN in International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. 1966b; UN in Programme and Declaration of Vienna, 1993, UNESCO in Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, 1972; UNESCO in Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, 2001; UNESCO in Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, 2003; UNESCO in Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, 2005), as well as the discussions brought up to light by critical heritage studies (Apaydin, Veysel (ed.). in Critical perspectives on cultural memory and heritage: construction, transformation and destruction, 2020; Nicholas and Smith in Critical perspectives on cultural memory and heritage: construction, transformation and destruction, 2020), this chapter analyzes the capacity of museums to go beyond heritage protection by possibly contributing to sustainable development goals ([SDGs]; UN in Agenda 2030: sustainable development goals, 2015) and the human rights agenda. Our critical examination relies upon a rights-led approach created by Curating Tomorrow (2020) applied to two case studies from São Paulo (Brazil): Focus on the look (Pinacoteca de São Paulo in Foco no olhar, 2022) and From/To (Museu da Língua Portuguesa, in Museu promove formação em método de letramento a partir da escrita de cartas, 2024), implemented by Pinacoteca de São Paulo and the New Museum of Portuguese Language, respectively. We complement the analysis of these case studies with the data collected during two semi-structured interviews with representatives of the said institutions. We hope to broaden the debate on how museums can help mitigate social crises by engaging with people from vulnerable groups, including individuals in houselessness conditions. We also aim to understand the potential of heritage in achieving human rights and where its limits lay.

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Turning “Occupants” into Participants: São Paulo’s Museums and People in Vulnerable Conditions

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    2026年

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  • Inês de Carvalho Costa

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Bearing in mind that museums are engaging with people in vulnerable conditions, are their initiatives supporting the recognition, protection, exercise, and advancement of human rights? What motivations, opportunities, obstacles, and impacts may these activities have? Bearing in mind, the international doctrines on heritage and human rights (ICOM in New definition of museum 2022; ICOM and UNESCO in Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage 1972; UN in Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948; UN in International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,1966a; UN in International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. 1966b; UN in Programme and Declaration of Vienna, 1993, UNESCO in Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, 1972; UNESCO in Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, 2001; UNESCO in Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, 2003; UNESCO in Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, 2005), as well as the discussions brought up to light by critical heritage studies (Apaydin, Veysel (ed.). in Critical perspectives on cultural memory and heritage: construction, transformation and destruction, 2020; Nicholas and Smith in Critical perspectives on cultural memory and heritage: construction, transformation and destruction, 2020), this chapter analyzes the capacity of museums to go beyond heritage protection by possibly contributing to sustainable development goals ([SDGs]; UN in Agenda 2030: sustainable development goals, 2015) and the human rights agenda. Our critical examination relies upon a rights-led approach created by Curating Tomorrow (2020) applied to two case studies from São Paulo (Brazil): Focus on the look (Pinacoteca de São Paulo in Foco no olhar, 2022) and From/To (Museu da Língua Portuguesa, in Museu promove formação em método de letramento a partir da escrita de cartas, 2024), implemented by Pinacoteca de São Paulo and the New Museum of Portuguese Language, respectively. We complement the analysis of these case studies with the data collected during two semi-structured interviews with representatives of the said institutions. We hope to broaden the debate on how museums can help mitigate social crises by engaging with people from vulnerable groups, including individuals in houselessness conditions. We also aim to understand the potential of heritage in achieving human rights and where its limits lay.