Indexação de imagens no Museu Théo Brandão: a coleção de pesquisa sobre folguedo

Abstract

Image indexing is approached as an operational mechanism of analysis and representation of informational content. It deals with the indexation of photographic images from Theo Brandão Museum of Anthropology and Folklore. Specifically, it analyzes procedures for thematic treatment of information that can contribute to the indexation of images from the Theo Brandão Museum's collection on folklore. From the bibliographic and documentary research, it develops a study about concepts and procedures about the indexation of photographs and analyzes some photographs of the Museum through the "documentary analysis", indicated by Manini (2002). Ten images from the collection were analyzed in the light of the indexing procedures. He notes that the procedures related to both the "informational content" and the "expressive dimension" can contribute to the process of indexing images, especially in the extraction and selection of key words that constitute points of informational representation of the photographs. And they are configured as strategic elements for the analysis of photographs in what concerns their content and the coexistent technical conditions in the photographic action itself, which, in turn, can influence the representation and recovery of information.