Heritage, sacredness and power: on different categories of historical and cultural patrimony in Brazil

This article deals with the concept of heritage present in the public policies of cultural, artistic and historical heritage preservation, aiming to widen the apprehension of the concept. Bringing examples from my fieldwork in Venezianos Lane, in Porto Alegre, my purpose in this article is to analis...

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Main Authors: Aline Sapiezinskas Krás Borges Canani, Michele Andrea Markowitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Series:Horizontes Antropológicos
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Online Access:http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-71832006000200002&lng=en&tlng=en