Parques e patrimônios: análise da diversidade sociocultural do Parque Saint’ Hilaire de Porto Alegre - RS.

Abstract

Cultural Heritage has got increasing power and space in contemporary world in relation to the importance of preserving the cultural heritage of societies. Over the years the category has expanded, seeking to cover the different groups that make up Brazilian society and world. However, this process is always subjected to selections and exclusions, when someone has to define what should be preserved. This is the issue examined in this work from the example of Parque Sai nt’ Hilaire in Porto Alegre - RS, an environmental preservation area located in the metropolitan region of Rio Grande do Sul. Given the finding of an overlap in the enhancement of environmental characteristics on other, we sought to identify the different forms of appropriation of public space in order to identify the diversity present in the park and the conflicts that surround it. From the context found, I raised some questions on the possibilities of preservation of environmental goods and sociocultural in the same space, with a view to their specificities, as well as the practices of categorization and preservation of Cultural Heritage disassociated from local communities.