Memórias, território e ancestralidade: o embranquecimento da arquitetura e do patrimônio na perspectiva de um corpo preto em tensionamento

Abstract

This work has as its theme the devaluation and erasure of the Afro-Brazilian cultural heritage from a perspective of the history of discourses and ideologies related to the black presence in Brazilian society from the formation of memory, culture and national identity and how these influenced policies In order to understand how heritage education can contribute to sensitize the population in relation to marginalized heritage, we sought to understand concepts such as memory as an element that constitutes heritage, but also as an active element in the construction of heritage. culture and national identity. From this movement, we sought to understand the role of black culture in the construction of national identity, established in Brazil from the African diaspora, considering that the black population was used as labor and a form of guarantee of the way of life of the elites during the period of colonization, through the self slave system. Despite the vast culture of this population, it was little considered by the intellectual elites of the time, and these bodies were systematically erased in an attempt to whiten and homogenize the construction of an idea of a nation that influences the way of dealing with and thinking about policies for heritage until the present day. Despite this history, it is possible to perceive different forms of resistance and resignification of black heritage. Therefore, this work aims to reflect on the notion of Brazilian cultural heritage and which populations are heard or neglected when choosing them.