Fazedores de Cultura, Comedores de Patrimônio

um olhar sobre a participação social no registro de bens culturais ligados à práticas agroalimentares

Abstract

The expression “culture-makers” [fazedores de cultura]  has started to appear in the Brazilian context in the last ten years. It was coined within the field of social participation in the cultural politics, and it envisages at producing a  conceptual turn that strengthens the key role of the social actors in the realm of national culture production. Extrapolating this paradigm shift in the politics of conservation of the cultural heritage, who would be considered as the “heritage eaters' '? During these last years there has been a great rise in the demands for the recognition of agroalimentary practices as cultural heritage. This article proposes a reflection on the relationship between the state and the civil society in terms of the execution of the legal tool called “register of the immaterial heritage”, taking the historicity of the “Policy for the safeguard of the immaterial heritage” applied by the IPHAN [National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage] as an starting point. The paper delves into the analysis of the cultural practices that are linked to food, whether they are agricultural or culinary practices.