O patrimônio em uma lógica do apagamento: Uma análise sobre os processos de significações intrínsecas nas apropriações de patrimónios arquitetónicos presentes na lógica do apagamento paulistano

Abstract

The importance attributed to an examination that comprehends architectural heritage in its most authentic form, that is, one that values the contingent cultural qualities associated with the building, has been a central topic of debate in the world of heritage safeguarding. We recognize that architecture will be conditioned by existing culture significance. However, we observe preservationist approaches that capture the cultural significance and the identification of values and attributes under a more objective perspective as to the relevance of the historic building, which hardly considers spontaneous manifestations of affective bonds and belonging, which may represent different forms of symbolic appropriations of urban spaces and of an integrated and living memory. By conceiving the architectural heritage as a social construction, always in transformation, this dissertation discusses the paradoxes of patrimonialization in the recognition of São Paulo's memory through the analysis of the appropriations of architectural heritage in the historic center of this city. The territory is characterized by politics of erasure, resulting from the construction of the collective memory of São Paulo. The results observed will be discussed considering the theoretical debate about the manifestation of memory as an intrinsic phenomenon in the process of occupation and resistance. In search of a more democratic heritage safeguard, this analysis seeks to contribute to the signaling and recognition of new narratives, to then attribute value, define strategies linked to cultural heritage, and move past an interpretation of architectural heritage only by its materiality.