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A MUTUAL HERITAGE PROJECT REPORT AWAD WORKSHOP BRAZIL THE ATLANTIC WORLD AND THE DUTCH, 1500-2000 - A MUTUAL HERITAGE PROJECT 2 REPORT AWAD WORKSHOP BRAZIL THE ATLANTIC WORLD AND THE DUTCH, 1500-2000 A MUTUAL HERITAGE PROJECT REPORT AWAD WORKSHOP BRAZIL 19 & 20 JULY - RECIFE 24 JULY - SÃO PAULO 26 JULY – RIO DE JANEIRO Amsterdam, September 2006 Barbara Consolini 3 THE ATLANTIC WORLD AND THE DUTCH, 1500-2000 - A MUTUAL HERITAGE PROJECT INDEX General introduction to the workshops....................................page 5 Recife, 19 & 20 July 2006, IRB ................................................page 7 First Day - introduction ........................................................page 8 Libraries, Archives & Museums .....................................page 8 Urbanism, Monuments & Archaeological Sites.................. page 10 Intangible Cultural Heritage ...................................... page 12 Second Day Research & Universities ........................................... page 13 Final discussion................................................................ page 15 São Paulo, 24 July 2006, CEBRAP ........................................... page 16 Rio de Janeiro, 26 July 2006, UFF .......................................... page 23 Other suggestions from forms ............................................... page 29 Appendix A list of participants .............................................. page 31 Appendix B evaluation form ................................................. page 36 Conclusions .................................................................... page 39 List of Projects ............................................................... page 44 4 REPORT AWAD WORKSHOP BRAZIL General introduction to the workshops In preparation of the Atlantic conference that will be held in The Netherlands at the end of November 20006, a series of workshops were organized in all participating countries of the project ‘The Atlantic World and the Dutch. The countries involved until now are: • Suriname • Aruba/the Netherlands Antilles • Guyana • United States • Ghana • Brazil The overall purpose of these workshops has been to: 1. draw up for each country an inventory of current activities, collections, expertise, needs and wishes regarding research and the preservation, restoration and accessibility of the mutual cultural heritage in its broadest sense; 2. discuss the improvement and extension of the AWAD online database/research guide as an integrating tool for developing and implementing the activities/projects for the second project phase; 3. establish priorities and points of focus for each individual country in the fields of preservation, accessibility and research of the mutual heritage. All workshops concentrated on six discussion topics: 1. archives and libraries (the paper heritage, both printed material and manuscripts); 2. museum/movable tangible heritage (tools, weapons, clothing etc.); 3. monuments and archaeological sites; 4. intangible cultural heritage (oral history, traditions of story telling, rituals etc.); 5 THE ATLANTIC WORLD AND THE DUTCH, 1500-2000 - A MUTUAL HERITAGE PROJECT 5. universities/research; 6. other subjects to be discussed (AWAD database/digital research guide; funding; activities for a broader public). The workshop Brazil was held in three different places: • Recife, 19 & 20 July, in the Instituto Ricardo Brennand; • São Paulo, 24 July, in the CEBRAP [Centro Brasileiro de analise e planejamento]; • Rio de Janeiro/Niteroi, 26 July, UFF [Universidade Federal Fluminense]; The coordination of the workshop Brazil was done by Barbara Consolini, assistant coordinator of AWAD at the KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, with the local counterpart Dr. Marcos Galindo, professor at the Centre of Information of the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco [UFPE]. M. Galindo and B. Consolini were assisted in São Paulo by Dr. Pedro Puntoni, History professor of the Universidade de São Paulo [USP] and in Niteroi/Rio by History professor Ronald Raminelli of the UFF. The program of the workshop was determined in close cooperation with the local counterpart. In Recife, the main meeting was divided into two days took place at the Instituto Ricardo Brennand [a morning and afternoon session on Wednesday 19 July and a morning session on Thursday 20 July]. The counterpart, assisted by some people of his department, in particular by Rosimeri Gomes Couto and Vildeane da Rocha Borba, attended all practical aspects of the organization, which was excellently prepared and carried out. The collaboration was very effective and smooth too. More then 50 experts in the various fields of the cultural sector attended the sessions, mostly from Recife and the surrounding region, as from the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Bahia and from Spain [see appendix A for a complete list of participants, page 21] In São Paulo and in Rio de Janeiro/Niteroi an afternoon session was organized with a smaller group of participants. The set up of those two workshops was more like a meeting and therefore more informal; in both occasions the meeting was introduced by B. Consolini with a presentation of the AWAD project and workshop, its objectives and the database, followed by the intervention of the participants what lead to a fruitful discussion. 6 REPORT AWAD WORKSHOP BRAZIL RECIFE, Instituto Ricardo Brennand 19 & 20 July [List of participants see appendix B, page 21] The workshop was organized in three sessions: a morning and afternoon session on 19 July and a morning one on the 20 July and took place in the auditorium of the Instituto Ricardo Brennand, which houses one of the most important collections on Dutch Brazil. During the second day a ‘identification or evaluation form’ in Portuguese was handout with the request to fill it in and deliver it before the end of the workshop. This form has also been sent later on by email to every participant. The workshop was structured as follows [in round tables]: 19 July ▫ Introduction to the workshop, to the AWAD project and database ▫ Libraries, Archives & Museums First Round Table ▫ Urbanism, Monuments and Archaeological Sites Second Round Table ▫ Intangible Cultural Heritage Third Round Table 20 July ▫ Research & Universities Fourth Round Table ▫ Final discussion ▫ Visit of the Instituto Ricardo Brennand Other subjects as the AWAD database/digital research guide; funding; activities for a broader public were discussed in between. During each round tables a group of persons presented the main collections, projects, activities concerning that subject this in order to evidence points of focus to be developed in the future. 7 THE ATLANTIC WORLD AND THE DUTCH, 1500-2000 - A MUTUAL HERITAGE PROJECT FIRST DAY 19 JULY 2006 INTRODUCTION Marcos Galindo, counterpart AWAD Brazil and professor Dept. of Information of the UFPE Onno Hattinga van ‘t Sant, Netherlands ambassador in Brazil Ricardo Brennand, director of the Instituto Ricardo Brennand Barbara Consolini, coordinator AWAD Brazil The workshop is briefly introduced by Marcos Galindo and, by Mr. Onno Hattinga van ‘t Sant, ambassador of The Netherlands in Brazil, who stresses the importance of Dutch Brazil heritage and mentions some of the most successful projects related to this period. He also remarks that the embassy is willing to assist in the development of a more structured and permanent support for the preservation of the cultural legacy that Brazil and The Netherlands share. Successively Mr. Ricardo Brennand of the Institute which hostes the workshop, welcoms everyone and briefly presents its centre. Barbara Consolini complets this introduction by presenting the AWAD project, its objectives and the AWAD database. The aim and importance of building a network of experts, institutions, projects related to mutual heritage in the Atlantic world is stressed both by Barbara Consolini as by Marcos Galindo. FIRST ROUND TABLE LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES & MUSEUMS Luzila Goncalves, director of the Instituto Arqueologico Geografico e Historico de Pernambuco [IAGHP] Pablo Gallindo, researcher and collaborator for cultural digital projects Ann Blockland, researcher and collaborator for cultural digital projects Judith de Jong, researcher and collaborator for cultural digital projects Tania Kaufman, professor UFPE The IAGHP in Recife has a rich collection on the history of the State of Pernambuco. There is also a large bibliography on Dutch Brazil, transcriptions from original manuscripts, an exemplar of the Vingboons Atlas, some objects from the 17th century as it is also a museum. The main collections on Dutch Brazil in the country are: 8 REPORT AWAD WORKSHOP BRAZIL Collection Joaquim Caetano, in Rio de Janeiro This are transcription of Dutch documents housed at the National Archives, mainly documents from the States Generaal; Collection José Hygino [IAGHP, Recife] Transcriptions in Dutch of manuscripts housed at the National Archives, The Hague, taken to Brazil in 1886, now at the IAGHP. It estimated in 31 volumes. Content: letters, petitions, governmental acts, daily notes. Mainly the collection of the Dagelijkse Notulen [Resoluties van de Hoge Raad te Brazilie]. The project that concerns this documentation is: Monummenta Hyginia [www.liber.ufpe.br/hyginia], coordinated by Marcos Galindo with Pablo Gallindo, Ann Blockland and Judith de Jong, is carried out into four stages: ▫ Digitalization [reproduction of the documents] ▫ Transcription ▫ Translation ▫ Editing The documents will be finally published by the EDUSP,