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Heritage in Eight Acts brings together contributions on cultural heritage at an international level with an emphasis on Latin American and Ibero-American studies, addressing points of convergence between the local and the global in an accessible and direct way. It discusses themes that have gained importance on the heritage preservation agenda, signaling how Latin America and Europe have expanded their connections and actions in favor of the multiplicity of heritage. Eight scholars from diverse backgrounds bring critical and nuanced understandings of heritage to the context of international relations. From architecture to history and from archeology to art history, each contribution displays methodological creativity and analytical depth. The result is a synthesis with the impact of showing how points of connection can bring Latin America closer to Europe, but not from a relationship of subalternity, but of shared protagonism.
List of contents
Wars of Memory and Identity Narratives in a Post-colonial World.- Cultural Heritage and Human Rights.- Porto and Its Heritage at Risk.- Analysing the Urban Landscape of Ouro Preto.- Heritage in a Conflicting Territory.- In Pursuit of the Queen of Angels.- We Need to Diversify the Narratives of Porto.- Latent power.
About the author
Rodrigo Christofoletti works at the interface between History and International Relations with a focus on cultural heritage. He is leader of the research group Cnpq - Heritage and International Relations. Researcher at LAPA - UFJF Heritage Laboratory and collaborator at CITCEM - Transdisciplinary Research Center "Culture, Space and Memory" at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto (FLUP). He completed a mobility internship (Post-doctorate) at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto (2023-2024) and is a professor of Cultural Heritage in the History course at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF) where he also teaches in the Postgraduate Program from the same university. He has experience in the area of political history and cultural assets with an emphasis on Cultural Heritage, working mainly on the following themes: heritage and soft power; cultural goods; illicit trafficking in criminogenic cultural goods and collectibles and world heritage.
