Festivals and Heritage in Latin America: Interdisciplinary Dialogues on Culture, Identity and Tourism (The Latin American Studies Book Series)

This book explores a variety of heritage dialogues, from global and specific approaches, combining different views, perceptions and senses. Following the first volume on Latin American Heritage as published in this book series in 2019, this new volume focuses on music, dance and railway heritage, considering artistic, archaeological, natural, ethnological and industrial aspects. It is divided into four thematic sections – 1) parties and cultural heritage, 2) railway heritage and museums, 3) archaeological heritage and tourism, and 4) cultural landscape and tourism – and presents chapters on a diverse range of topics, from samba and cultural identities in Rio de Janeiro and London to the “musealization” of railway assets, the history of Antarctic archaeology, the value of scenic landscapes and urban memory in Spain, and the cultural landscape of Brazil. This unique book explores a variety of heritage dialogues, pursuing global and specific approaches, and combining different views, perceptions and senses, including video fragments. Summary PART I Parties and Cultural Heritage Chapter 1) Atlantic Dialogues and Intangible Heritage: the celebration, the samba and the construction of a Brazilian community in London. Professor Dr Fabiana Lopes da Cunha (Paulista State University “Jlio de Mesquita Filho”- UNESP/Ourinhos/Assis) Chapter 2) Importing the spirit of Samba. Reflections on intangible heritage and the reproduction of the cultural expression of Samba outside of Brazil. Yago Quinnes Triana, PhD – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) Chapter 3) Samba Schools in the Southern Border of Brazil: circuits and trans-local exchanges in Carnival cultures. Ulisses Corra Duarte Federal, PhD – Federal Fluminense University and University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFF/UFRGS) Chapter 4) Igor Sorriso: a narrative about life experiences and developing a career through the Brazilian Carnival. Igor da Silva Moreira – Samba interpreter, Grmio Recreativo Cultural School of Samba Mocidade Alegre (GRES Mocidade Alegre) Chapter 5) Fado, samba and the interface between national identity, cultural heritage and tourism on both shores of the Atlantic Ocean. Dr. Felipe Yera Barchi (State University “Jlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP/Assis) Professor Dr. Fabiana Lopes da Cunha (State University “Jlio de Mesquita Filho” UNESP/Ourinhos/Assis) Chapter 6) Religious celebrations and its safeguard public policies in Brazil: some directions. Rafaela Sales Goulart, PhD student (State University “Jlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP/Assis) Professor Dr. Fabiana Lopes da Cunha (State University “Jlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP/Ourinhos/Assis) PART II Railway Heritage and Museums Chapter 7) Mankind and the cost of its becoming: development as a promoter of the heritage conservation (1960-1972). Professor Dr. Eduardo Romero de Oliveira – State University “Jlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP/Rosana) Chapter 8) Sorocabana Station in Bauru: diagnosis for restoration. Professor Dr. Nilson Ghirardello – State University “Jlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP/FAAC/Bauru) Chapter 9) Guidelines for the musealization of railway assets in open air. Davdson Panis Kaseker, Master of Science – Director of the Technical Coordination Group of the State System of Museums of the state of So Paulo (SISEM-SP) Chapter 10) Troops and “Tropeiros” in Southern Brazil: History, Memory and Heritage. Milena Santos Mayer, Ph.D student (State University “Jlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP/Assis) Professor Dr. Fabiana Lopes da Cunha (State University “Jlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP/Assis) PART III Archaeological Heritage and Tourism Chapter 11) “Invisible heritages”: new technologies and the history of the Antarctic focus groups. Professor Andrs Zarankin – Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) Fernanda Codevilla Soares – Post doctoral fellow, PNPD/CAPES, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) Chapter 12) Illicit trafficking in cultural goods: a genealogy of the concept and actions in contemporary Brazil. Professor Dr. Rodrigo Christofoletti – Juiz de Fora Federal University (UFJF) Chapter 13) Heritage, spirituality and tourism: a Brazilian case study. Isabela Barbosa Frederico, Ph.D – Campinas State University (UNICAMP) Professor Pedro Paulo A. Funari – Campinas State University (UNICAMP) PART IV Cultural Landscape and Tourism Chapter 14) Landscape and urban memory: some patrimonial discussions in Triana (Seville, Spain). Professor Dr. Luciene Cristina Risso – State University “Jlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP/Ourinhos/Rio Claro) Chapter 15) Perception of the Cultural Landscape in Historical Centers. Professor Dr. Rosio Fernndez Baca Salcedo Paulista – State University “Jlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP/FAAC/Bauru)