Latin American Heritage

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Traditions, Knowledge and Intangible Heritage

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Samba Locations: An Analysis on the Carioca Samba, Identities, and Intangible Heritage (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

      • Fabiana Lopes da Cunha

      Pages 3-20

   3. Negligence and Reinvention: Cultural Heritage of the Watering Place of São Vicente (São Paulo/Brazil)

      • Sandra C. A. Pelegrini

      Pages 21-31

3. Archaeological Heritage

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33

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   2. Brazilian Archaeology, the Last Two Decades

      • Pedro Paulo A. Funari

      Pages 35-52

   3. The Patrimonialization and the Heritage Value of the Archaeological Record. Tierra del Fuego as a Case Study

      • Mónica C. Salemme, Laura Horlent

      Pages 53-66

   4. The Heritage Horror Show: A Critical Analysis of the Relationship Among Monuments, Power, and People

      • Andrés Zarankin

      Pages 67-81

   5. Dialogue and Preservation: Considerations About Contract Archaeology in Brazil (or, the Way It Works, and the Way It Does not)

      • Astolfo Gomes de Mello Araujo

      Pages 83-94

   6. Ruins of Engenho São Jorge Dos Erasmos as a Case Study: World Heritage Nomination in the Context of Hyperinflation and Depredation of Cultural Properties

      • Rodrigo Christofoletti

      Pages 95-107

4. Natural and Landscape Heritage

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109

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   2. Natural Heritage: Quantitative Evaluation of Landscape Scenic Values

      • Jorge Rabassa

      Pages 111-120

   3. The Concept of Landscape in Geography and the Landscape as Heritage

      • Luciene Cristina Risso

      Pages 121-136

   4. Cultural Landscape in Brazil: Legal Instruments and the Challenges of Protection

      • Simone Scifoni

      Pages 137-149

   5. Traditional Populations and Political Activism in the Belo Monte Dam Construction

      • Angelita Matos Souza

      Pages 151-162

5. Industrial and Rail Heritage

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163

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   2. Museums from São Paulo and Railroad Memory

      • Davidson Kaseker

      Pages 165-175

   3. Memory and Place: Railroad Villages of the Railroad Company Noroeste Do Brasil (CEFNOB)

      • Rosio Fernández Baca Salcedo

      Pages 177-193

   4. Bauru EFNOB Industrial Heritage

      • Nilson Ghirardello

      Pages 195-206

6. Back Matter

   Pages 207-210

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Focusing on Brazil, this book approaches the term “heritage” from not only a historical and architectural point of view, but also considers its artistic, archaeological, natural, ethnological and industrial aspects. 

The book is divided into four thematic sections – 1) traditions and intangible heritage, 2) archaeological heritage, 3) natural heritage and landscapes, and 4) heritage of industrial and built environments – and presents chapters on a diverse range of topics, from samba and cultural identities in Rio de Janeiro, to the history of Brazilian archaeology, the value of scenic landscapes in Brazil, and the cultural landscape of Brazil.

As an outcome of the First Heritage International Symposium, this unique book explores a variety of heritage dialogues, pursuing global and specific approaches, and combining different views, perceptions and senses.

• Latin American heritage
• Latin American Culture
• landscapes in Brazil
• intangible heritage
• archaeology in Latin America
• Environmental Geography

“Who decides what is memorable and what is worthy of preserving for a nation's self-understanding? Whose memory should be celebrated and whose forgotten? These are the questions posed in this challenging collection of 14 essays resulting from the First International Symposium on Heritage, held in 2015 in Ourinhos, Brazil. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (R. M. Delson, Choice, Vol. 55 (6), February, 2018)

• Campus of Ourinhos, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Ourinhos, Brazil

  Fabiana Lopes da Cunha, Marcilene dos Santos

• Laboratorio de Geomorfología y Cuaternario, CADIC-CONICET, Ushuaia, Argentina

  Jorge Rabassa

Fabiana Lopes da Cunha received her Bachelor’s degree in History from São Paulo University (USP), where she also obtained her Ph.D. degree in Social History. She is Associate Professor at São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil and Professor at Postgraduate Program from School of Sciences, Humanities and Languages, Assis (SP) - São Paulo State University (UNESP). She also coordinates a Documentation and Memory Center (CEDOM) which aims include regional memory and local preservation. Her main research interests include Brazilian History, Cultural History during the imperial and republican period until the end of the New State, as well as Popular Music, Popular Culture (festivals), Contemporary Culture Production, Museums, Diaspora and Intangible Heritage, and Carnival. In 2004 she edited her first book Da Marginalidade ao Estrelato: o samba na construção da nacionalidade (1917-1945) (Annablume, 2004). She was an adviser at CONDEPHAAT

during the period from 2011 to 2014and also responsible for signing the agreement between Kings College London and São Paulo State University – UNESP which is linked with a research project developed with Prof. Dr. David Treece. In addition, she is the leader of the Heritage Research Group and vice-leader of the History & Music Research Group at UNESP, as well as a member of the Identifying Dialogues Research Group at King's College London. She is presently a Visiting Professor at King’s College London – UK.

Marcilene dos Santos is Associate Professor at São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil. She is a bachelor in Geology and doctor in Geosciences (Regional Geology). Her main research interests include Geomorphology, Neotectonics, Quaternary Geology, Geoconservation, Cultural Geomorphology, and Geoheritage. She has written book chapters including As Serras do Mar e da Mantiqueira. In: Geologia do Brasil (2012– edited by Yociteru Hasui, Celso. D. R Carneiro, Fernando F. Marques de Almeida and A. Bartorelli) and "Metodologias para estudo do meio físico voltadas para o turismo ambiental. In: Turismo e ambiente: temas emergentes (2006 - edited by Odaleia T. M. M. Queiroz), as well as articles in Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie and Brazilian journals.

Jorge Rabassa obtained his Licenciado and Doctor degrees in Geology at the School of Natural Sciences, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina. He is a researcher with CONICET, the National Research Council of Argentina, at CADIC, Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, since 1986. He is presently the director of CADIC, the southernmost, multidisciplinary research center of the World with permanent scientific staff. He is also adjunct Full Professor of Geology at the Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego. He has been a lecturer in several Argentine universities and also the President of Comahue University, one of the Argentine Patagonian universities. He is a member of the Argentine Academy of Sciences and a corresponding member of the Catalonian Academy of Sciences. He has been a Visiting Professor in several universities of the United States and Canada, as well as in various Western Europe countries, the Republic of South Africa and China. His main research interests are geomorphology, ancient landscapes, long-term landscape evolution, and glacial and Quaternary studies. He has published over 150 scientific papers and book chapters, and edited 17 books and scientific journal special volumes.

He has directed 15 doctoral dissertations and many graduation theses and is a member of the editorial board of several international journals. He is presently the co-editor for South America of the Springer Briefs in Earth System Sciences series and also President of the Asociación Argentina de Geomorfología y Cuaternario until 2018.

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