NOTAS SOBRE O PATRIMÔNIO DE CIÊNCIA E TECNOLOGIA EM REGISTROS FOTOGRÁFICOS: O ACERVO DA UFPE, A CIÊNCIA E OS CIENTISTAS

This paper presents theoretical and methodological reflections about science and technology heritage in the photographic collection of the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). The UFPE photo collection consists of about twenty thousand photographs, mostly in black and white, produced in the institutional context, between 1946 and 2002. They are photographs that record the moments that the institution considered significant for its history, covering inaugurations, events, buildings, festivals, ceremonies, and other experiences that were considered relevant to be eternalized through the photographic record. After the physical treatment of this collection took place a selection of images that were considered by the authors as related to S & T heritage, it is possible to identify some patterns in the type of photography produced, indicating the predominance of certain cuts of the equity of S & T heritage, or by areas of knowledge, either by way of representation of scientists, is the exclusion of certain areas of knowledge. It is clear, therefore, that this collection, although it was produced for about half a century, and two dozen different photographers, presents imagery buildings that create an idealized representation of science and scientists, shunning science idea as daily work activity, even at a university. This work dialogues especially with the theoretical framework proposed by RIEGL (1999), DELICATE (2008, 2015), PANESE (2007), LOUREIRO (2009), GRANATO (2009) and MANINI (2002), authors who deal with science communication, identification and registration of S & T assets, as well as those who propose specific methodologies for informational treatment of photography. Thus, the work aims to contribute to expanding the discussion of Science and Technology Heritage starting from the photographic document, approached as the S&T object itself.