OS “EXCLUÍDOS DA CULTURA”:

Contradições da Divulgação da Ciência em Museus

Abstract

This research investigated the institutional view of outsourced employees in the scientific dissemination practices of the Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences (MAST). From the category of outsider within, by Patricia Hill Collins, we debate how these workers are made invisible in the workplace by the nature of their functions and by the social relations that produce exclusions and hierarchy. By observing a practice of non-inclusive scientific dissemination, we see in this a reinforcement of the process of invisibility found in MAST. We emphasize, however, that this does not inhibit the production of their own senses and meanings about the museum by these workers, revealing different perspectives on the institution and how it is seen in its scientific and social dimension.