“Se a história é nossa, a memória nos pertence”: desafios e contribuições do Memorial Brumadinho para as Museologias Comunitárias

This study analyzes the trajectory of Memorial Brumadinho, created due to the collapse of the mining company Vale dam, Córrego Mina do Feijão, in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, which caused one of the biggest socio-environmental crimes-tragedies in Brazil. It aims to understand the conception and struggle to manage Memorial based on the articulations of Associação dos Familiares de Vítimas e Atingidos pelo Rompimento da Barragem Mina Córrego do Feijão – Brumadinho. It describes some of the challenges and contributions of memorials of victims and those affected by crimes-tragedies to Community Museologies and the disputes about memory, reparation, and belonging. Its qualitative methodology favors case studies via bibliographical research and documentary analysis. It mobilizes sources such as specialized bibliography, journalistic articles, technical reports, memorial website and social media posts, visits it, and participation in public hearings. This study aims to show the importance of relativizing and problematizing concepts and of perceiving museological processes as fictions and frictions in constant adaptations, reinventions, and crossings.