Members The Bavaria–São Paulo Museum Network

The Bavaria–São Paulo Museum Network brings together scholars and professionals dedicated to advancing research, collaboration, and exchange in the fields of museum studies, cultural heritage, and related disciplines.

This section presents the members of the network, highlighting their academic backgrounds, institutional affiliations, and areas of expertise. The profiles are intended to provide an overview of the network’s interdisciplinary scope while ensuring a clear and consistent presentation.

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    Dr. Mauricio Candido da Silva

    Head of the Museum, Museum of Veterinary Anatomy, FMVZ USP / São Paulo State Coordinator, Bavaria & São Paulo Museum Network,

    Telefon +55 11 97143-4077 E-Mail

    Research on new parameters and definitions for university collections and museums. I work with projects and processes related to safeguarding, exhibitions, and educational programs involving research, teaching, and outreach collections in university natural history museums, with an emphasis on anatomical collections. Research on the Natural World in Museums. More recently, I have been working on studies of sustainability in museums and the Anthropocene from a museological perspective.

    Research Interests / Areas of Expertise: University collections and museums; the Natural World in Museums; exhibition design (expography).

    Link https://mav.fmvz.usp.br/

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    Prof. Dr. Guido Fackler

    Professor or Museology/Museum Studies, University of Wurzburg, Chair of Museum Studies

    Telefon +4915123279494 E-Mail

    Prof. Dr Guido Fackler, founder of the Chair of Museology at the University of Würzburg. Studied European Ethnology, Musicology and Ethnology in Freiburg (PhD in 2000). Subsequently undertook a Volontaria at the Badisches Landesmuseum in Karlsruhe and held various positions as a research assistant in the field of European Ethnology/Cultural Anthoplogy at the Universities of Regensburg and Wurzburg (postdoctoral habilitation in 2011). From 2010, established the field of museology.

    Research Interests / Areas of Expertise: Exhibitions (physical and digital), Museology (history, international exchange), Museum as Social and Sustainable Actor, Audience Research, Provenance Research, Landscape/Space, Canals/Artificial Waterways (postdoctoral habilitation in 2011), Music in the Nazi camp system (PhD in 2000).

    Link https://www.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/museologie/team-und-raeume/team/prof-dr-guido-fackler/