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EL MUSEO COMO ESPACIO DE LEGITIMACIÓN SOCIALOlga Bartolomé - ArgentinaAbstractThis paper was written as part of the report making in an intership between 2004/6 inthe specialization in Didactics of the National University of Córdoba.The aim of this paper is to approach the relation between museums and schools in theconstruction of cultural identities and the learning process .To think in the articulation of those two institutions makes us wonder about theimportance of other institutions in the construction of knowledge, question thetraditional role of the school as “the institution” responsible for teaching and accept thatleaning doesnnot occur in a single setting .To think of museums as a setting for the production of knowledge requires to find outthe capacity to articulate schools and museums and to accept that both of them can beinstitutions that participate in the learning process . It is necessary to study the originsof both institutions and to articulate the past and present f the said institutionsunderstanding that articulation as part of our own history.What is presented in this paper is the result of the observation , analysis and apedagogic proposal presented to the Anthropology Museum of the National Universityof Córdoba.This process consisted of a constant relation between the fieldwork and the theoryread; consequently, we adopted a quality approach.To understand that the museums and schools are keystones in the education is tounderstand their importance in the construction of knowledge and of the culturalidentity . It is important to consider the effects of the said institutions not only at a sociallevel but also at an individual one;that is to say, in the private subjectivity.This makes us think of the positions that the mentioned isntitutions have had alongHistory and how those positions defined them in relation to their social funtion.To work on a pedagogic interventation proyect for this museum is to regain thestrenghts of the teaching visit proposal to the schools and to understand that they arelearning situations where there is an exchange among the students, teachers andknowledge taught.The aim is to centre the discussion on the cultural diversity issue by means of practicaland theoretical training , and to make possible to communicate “what is learnt”indifferent ways.To think of the relation between museums and schools is to ask: How can a revision ofte articulation between museums and schools help to overcome the omissions of thecollective memory? How can we express the knowledge produced in these institutionsso that the “inheritance” is available for everybody?To assume this challenge is to accept that the teaching institutions provide resourcesfor the construction of our identities.El presente trabajo se desarrolla en el marco de la elaboración de un informe depasantía de la carrera de especialización en pedagogía de la Universidad Nacional deCórdoba realizado durante los años 2004 / 2006.El mismo tiene como objetivo abordar la relación Museo y escuela en torno a laconstrucción de las identidades culturales y el aprendizaje.Pensar en la articulación de estas dos instituciones, significa también interrogarsesobre la importancia de otras instituciones en la construcción de conocimientos,desmitificar el rol tradicional de la escuela como “la institución” encargada de impartirel conocimiento, aceptando la idea de que éste ya no se produce anclado a un sólo132