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Heritage Kinaesthetics: Local Constructivism of UNESCO's Intangible-Tangible Politics at a Favela Museum

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  • Nadezhda Dimitrova Savova

    (Princeton University)

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Writing practiced as walking and walking as writing, I explore the spatial phenomenology of urban revitalization, heritage, and cultural tourism through the ways in which a Brazilian community imagines its history and constructs its presence in practices of local constructivism of a heritage site. The site is Providencia, Rio de Janeiro’s oldest favela (shantytown) and the Open-Air/ Living Museum that the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro established in the neighborhood, by building an open-air tourist trail. How in the practice of heritage-making do the locals imagine the local cultural heritage? Do they affirm or modify the institutional (municipality, state, and UNESCO) conceptualizations of tangible and intangible heritage? And how does tourism connect to the conjuring of community cultural revival and economic improvements?

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  • Nadezhda Dimitrova Savova, 2009. "Heritage Kinaesthetics: Local Constructivism of UNESCO's Intangible-Tangible Politics at a Favela Museum," Working Papers 1164, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies..
    • Handle: RePEc:pri:cpanda:38
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    Keywords

    tangible and intangible cultural heritage; cultural policy; tourism; museum; space and place; social development; Brazil;
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    JEL classification:

    • Z11 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economics of the Arts and Literature
    • D02 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
    • L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism

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