Weaving the city: to whom the decision to preserve?

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Keywords:

Heritage, Preservation policies, Population, Exclusion

Abstract

Patrimonial practices are processes that alter the urban fabric when choosing what to preserve and, consequently, what to destroy. Its actors weave the city and have the privilege of choosing what is worthy of belonging to the history, memory and identity of its people. In Brazil, the procedure of IPHAN (Institute of National Historical and Artistic Heritage) in its 80 years has been marked by the authoritative discourse formulated by the first generation of technicians who sought a unique national identity. In their majority modernist architects of portuguese ascendence, the technicians defined the national heritage according to its genealogy and formation. However, Brazilian population is not homogeneous and its multiculturalism is excluded from this heritage. This article aims to present and question excluding heritage practices in three instances: the choice of the heritage, the heritage itself and the registered city.

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Author Biographies

Sandra Schmitt Soster, University of São Paulo

She is advertiser and architect, Master in Architecture and Urbanism, researcher at Nomads.usp. She studies the use of digital media in the management and preservation of cultural heritage.

Anja Pratschke, University of São Paulo

She is architect and Doctor in Computer Science, professor and researcher at the Institute of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, she is Co-coordinator of Nomads.usp. She develops and supervises researches in design process and communication in architecture subjects.

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Published

2017-07-01

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 14 (2017): V!14 Weaving the City

Section

Nomads