The indigenous skeletons of Santa Catarina

bibliographic heritage, speech and mediation

Abstract

It considers the critical analysis of the discourses evoked by the bibliographic heritage, by the librarian information professional, as a subsidy for the mediation and appropriation of information consistent with the dialogue between the social actors involved. It addresses the literature used to understand the concept of heritage and the theory of Discourse Analysis (DA). It presents the AD exercise on “Brief news about three skeletons of indigenous people from the Province of Santa Catharina (Brazil)”, from 1867, part of the bibliographic heritage of Santa Catarina and contained in the University Library of the Federal University of Santa Catarina. It aims to illustrate the study of the meanings of the discourses present in rare books, by the curating librarians, since they also produce meanings as a mediator of information. It concludes that identifying the ideology conveyed by national scientific communication from the 19th century can be useful to verify existing discourses, which enables specialized mediation, able of favoring the appropriation of information and contributing to raising awareness of social injustices that need to be repaired.