Diversidade cultural e patrimônio imaterial: dos discursos globais ao quotidiano de uma feira patrimonializada

Abstract

ntangible heritage register policies, under the responsibility of IPHAN, National Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage, are still recent in Brazil and the studies on that area focus on the analysis of both the instruments used for registering and the relationship between the members of the Institute and the holders of the lore to be registered and safeguarded.In this work, I take "Feira de São Cristóvão" ("São Cristóvão District Fair"), in Rio de Janeiro, transformed a decade ago into "Centro Municipal Luiz Gonzaga de Tradições Nordestinas", ("Luiz Gonzaga Municipal Center of Northeastern Traditions") as an object of reflection on the conflicts and contradictions present in the process of elaboration of an inventory of cultural references and the register of intangible heritage by IPHAN. From a theoretical perspective that considers the spectacle of culture, especially in the context of rehabilitation of degraded urban areas, as a starting point for the understanding of the imbrication of culture and power in contemporary cities, as well as analyses the usages of traditions and folk heritage by different social agents, the article aims to explore the theme of heritage as cultural policy, leading to the discussion of its limits and possibilities.