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reallocation of resources on the one   which is headquartered in Rio, and was    Red Lists have been published since
          hand, and the choice of professionals   created in 1975, ten years before the   2000 by icom. Today, 57 countries are
          with recognized expertise in the area.  Ministry of Culture itself.  covered by the 20 documents edited
           At  MinC  itself,  the  presence  of   Licensed  councilor  in  Salvador,  by the institution. Some of them were
          Henilton Menezes, from Ceará, as   artist, granddaughter of deputy Carlos   created on an emergency basis, as
          Secretary of Creative Economy and   Marighella (1911-1969), signed by dops   is the case of the recently launched
          Cultural Fostering, is one of the great   agents in an ambush, Maria received   list that includes objects at risk from
          examples. He is one of the leading   in her inauguration, at the beginning of   Ukraine, a country at war with Russia.
          specialists in development policies   March, the first lady Janja, in addition   Roberta Saraiva, director of icom Brazil,
          in the country, having already held   to several federal deputies, filling the   points out that, according to a survey
          a  position  in  the  sector  between   Sala Cecília Meireles for two hours. Its   carried out by the National Historical
         2010 and 2013, in addition to having   management will be marked by a highly   and Artistic Heritage Institute (Iphan), of
          published The Rouanet Law – Far  representative board, which includes   a total of 1.974 missing Brazilian objects,
          beyond (F)acts.                  the choreographer and former dancer  only 48 were recovered. Still, according
           Another of the MinC secretariats   of Grupo Corpo Rui Moreira, in the   to Roberta, Interpol (The International
          that is also occupied by a person from   direction of performing arts, to the   Criminal Police Organization) points
          Ceará is dedicated to Training, Books   indigenous curator Sandra Benites,  Brazil as the 26th country with the
          and Reading, with Fabiano Piúba. He   in the direction of virtual arts. Af er all   highest number of trafficked goods
          had also held this position in the Dilma   the controversy that involved Sandra in   in the world.
          Rousseff government, and, in recent   the curatorship of the Museum of Art   “Since the 1940s, Brazil has had robust
          years, was the Secretary of Culture   of São Paulo (Masp), her nomination   heritage protection legislation. But it is
          of  Ceará.  It  was  there,  during  the   has a note of reparation.  a country with continental dimensions
          inauguration of the Pinacoteca, at the   It was at the inauguration of Maria   and very porous borders. Therefore, it
          end of last year, when he had not yet   Marighella, that Margareth Menezes   is always a great challenge to exercise
          been nominated, that he predicted to   recalled the persecution in recent   control over the departure of these
          arte!brasileiros that the reconstruction   years  and  the  central  role  in  the   objects from the national territory”,
          period will not be easy. “We will need at   new administration: “Why the fear  evaluates  Roberta.  “A  document
          least two years to actually summarize   of culture? Because culture is a tool   like the Red List is very structuring
          the necessary policies”, he said.  for  transformation,  emancipation,  because, in addition to its practical
           To occupy the Brazilian Institute of   qualification, in addition to being an   use, with the Federal Revenue Service
          Museums (Ibram), until then occupied   economic vector, which we can take   and the Federal Police, for example, it
          by the collector Pedro Mastrobuono,  better advantage of”. Like a mantra,  articulates different government bodies,
          not used to public functions, Fernanda   she repeated several times: “The MinC   specialists in the area of   the country,
          Castro  was  chosen  as  a  career  is back”.                      such as Iphan, the Brazilian Institute
          employee at the organ [read interview                              of Museums (Ibram) and the Ministry
          on page xx], who was included in a   institution icom [pages 26 to 29]  of Culture”.
          list of suggestions from icom, the                                   Red List Brasil, it should be noted,
          International Council of Museums,   CULTURAL HERITAGE              does not show objects that have already
          which points to the sector’s support. AT RISK                      been sold illegally. But it points out
           In fact, it is known that the previous     Brazil wins Red List, document prepared   the typologies most at risk, through
          management  dedicated  itself  to   by the International Council of Museums   photographs and identification provided
          appointing managers who were more   (icom) that lists Brazilian cultural artifacts   by the National Library Foundation (fbn),
                                           under threat of trafficking
          focused on the destruction of cultural                             by Iphan (mg and rj), by the Museum of
          policies and the bodies they managed,   by eduardo simões          Archeology and Ethnology of usp (mae),
          one  of  the  most  exemplary  cases                               by the Museum of Earth Sciences ( mct),
          being that of the Palmares Cultural   in february, the international  the Federal and State Universities of
          Foundation, which even excluded 27  council of museums (icom) released   Rio de Janeiro (ufrj and uerj), the
          people from a list of black personalities,  the Red List Brazil, a document that   National Museum (mn) and the Casa
          such as Milton Nascimento, Elza Soares   lists the types of cultural goods in   dos Ottoni Regional Museum (mrco).
          and Gilberto Gil. It is a true mockery of   the  country  most  susceptible  to   arte!brasileiros also spoke with Sophie
          an institution dedicated to combating   illegal commercialization. Created in   Delepierre,  coordinator  of  icom’s
          racism and valuing black production.  partnership with Brazilian specialists,  Heritage Department. Read below:
           Now, the black activist, lawyer and   the  Red  List  brings  examples  of    
          president of the Afro Bloc Olodum,  fossils, sacred art, maps, books and    – What motivated the creation
         João Jorge Rodrigues, has taken over  ethnographic and archaeological pieces   of Red List Brasil?
          as the new president of the Palmares   under threat of international trafficking.    Sophie Delepierre – Sometimes
          Foundation, in the mission of resuming  The launch took place at the Portuguese   there is a misconception that illicit
          the organ to its original function.  Language Museum, with the presence   trafficking is only a concern for
           In the possession of each of these   of Emma Nardi, global president of   regions in crisis, and while it is true
          figures, there was intense prestige   icom; the Minister of Culture, Margareth   that icom has prepared emergency
          from the government, as occurred in   Menezes, and Renata Motta, president   Red Lists for countries in disaster
          the investiture of Maria Marighella in   of icom Brazil and executive director of   situations,  the  illegal  trade  in
          the National Arts Foundation (Funarte),  the São Paulo museum, among others.  cultural goods affects everyone.
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