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- ISSN: 2333-2581
- Modern Environmental Science and Engineering
Urban Cultural Heritage and Democratic Action: An Illusion?
1. National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute, Brazil
2. Laboratory for the Study of the Transformations of Brazilian Urban Planning Law, Brazil
Abstract: This is an overview of the public actions taken by Brazilian federal authorities in the scope of the preservation of urban cultural heritage, through the analysis of instruments designed for democratic actions, by means of social control and participation, an emerging debate in the field of heritage, headed by ICOMOS-France, in an international colloquium held in 2016, by the 19th ICOMOS General Assembly in Delhi, India, in 2017, which led to the Delhi Declaration on Heritage and Democracy, and by the IX Edition of the Mestre e Conselheiros Forum, held in Brazil in 2017, dedicated to the topic of participation and heritage. The theoretical framework used for this reflection encompasses issues concerning representative and participatory democracy, exploring authors dedicated to the field who have analyzed the conflicting and participatory aspects of different legal procedures, environmental and urban disputes and transformation processes in the territory in which cultural heritage is inserted. We have confronted legal instruments, social demands and legal decisions on the topic, as a way to understand the behavior of the concerned agents, in face of social demands not only for the preservation of heritage, but also for the Right to the City, considering the reality of Brazilian urban spaces, which are marked by profound inequality and socio-spatial segregation.
Key words: urban cultural heritage, conflicts, social participation and democracy
