“They don't let me live here”: Culture workers and gentrification practices in the Historic Site of Olinda.

Culture workers and gentrification practices in the Historic Site of Olinda

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https://doi.org/10.22562/2024.60.04

Keywords:

Patrimônio, Gentrificação, Sítio Histórico de Olinda

Abstract

One of the main consequences resulting from processes of heritage preservation has been the displacement of lower-income classes from historic city centers in favor of more affluent classes. In this article, we will discuss how residents, especially culture workers, in the Historic Site of Olinda have been displaced from this space, particularly from the strictly preserved areas, which are more valued due to gentrification practices (ZUKIN, 1995) occurring in the area. This article draws on theoretical frameworks from Sociology, Social History, as well as field research involving conversations and interviews to contribute to this discussion. Thus, adopting a dialectical approach, this article seeks to provide an understanding of the conflictual relations that permeate the Historic Site of Olinda, as well as the gentrification practices impacting the local population.

Author Biographies

Elaine Santana do Ó, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Doutora em Museologia e Patrimônio pela Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Unirio), Mestra em História pela Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (Ufcg), Graduada em História pela Universidade Católica de Pernambuco (Unicap) e Graduada em Museologia pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (Ufpe).

Priscila Faulhaber, Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins

He works in the field of anthropology and history of knowledge, museology, and heritage. He holds a master's degree in Anthropology from the University of Brasília (1983) and a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from the State University of Campinas (1992), with a post-doctoral degree in Anthropology from the University of California, Los Angeles (2008). Currently, he is a full researcher III at the Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences, a permanent faculty member in the Museology and Heritage graduate program at UNIRIO, a collaborating professor in the PPGAS program at UFAM, and an Associate Editor of the Bulletin of Humanities of the Goeldi Museum. He held the Latin America Chair at IPEAT at the University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès from November to December 2016 and taught at the University of Concepción (Chile) in May of the same year. He was a visiting researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles (2008), at the Museum of Ethnology in Berlin, and at the Free University of Berlin (April to June 2003) with a scholarship from DAAD. He conducted a sandwich Ph.D. program at the University of Nanterre and CNRS from September to December 1990, as a visiting researcher at ORSTOM, and from January to July 1991 with a scholarship from CAPES, participating as a researcher at CADIS/CNRS. He has been the Vice-coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Museology and Heritage since 2018 and a member of the elected board of the Inter-American Society of Astronomy in Culture (2021-2025), serving as editor of the newsletter titled Baweta. He has experience in the field of Anthropology, with emphasis on Amazonian Ethnology, focusing mainly on the following themes: anthropology and history of science, museum and museology, history of ethnography, and indigenous cultural contexts. He has published 4 books, organized dossiers in specialized journals, and authored articles in Brazil, the USA, Canada, Germany, France, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Poland, and Ecuador.

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2024-06-14

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Vol. 37 No. 60 (2024): Patrimônio Cultural

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