Tráfico ilícito de bens culturais e os desafios para a proteção do patrimônio documental: análise do furto à coleção de obras raras do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi

Abstract

The research addresses the challenges for the protection of documentary heritage in the context of illicit trafficking of cultural property. As a focal object, it is proposed to analyze the limitations related to the investigation of the theft of 63 (sixty-three) works that took place in the Special Collection of Rare Works of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, in 2008. Based on this analysis, it is intended to place this fact in the broader context of crimes against institutions that are custodians of documentary heritage assets in Brazil, which took place from the beginning of the 21st century onwards. In its methodology, it is a case study built from exploratory and descriptive research, with a qualitative approach, in which bibliographic and documentary sources were consulted. The theoretical framework is composed of interdisciplinary texts, covering several areas of knowledge relevant to the subject, such as Cultural Heritage, Law, Museology, Librarianship and Information Science.