Damnatio Memoria or Damnatio Consensus: conflicting colonial heritage in latin american port cities. a project in motion: CoopMar—Transoceanic Cooperation, Public Policies and Ibero-American Sociocultural Community

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2021

Authors

Polónia, Amélia (Author) FLUP; Costa, Cátia Miriam (Author) Other; Mouta, Fernando (Author) Other

Book

Title: International relations and heritage: patchwork in times of plurality

Pages: 19-35

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-77991-7

Publisher: Springer

Other information

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-77991-7_2

Abstract (EN): Seaports were, for centuries, the most continuous exchange platform between Europe, Africa and America. Port cities emerge as structures and social constructions with specific characteristics. Taking them as study foci favours the debate of issues related to urban and social complexity, as they usually bring together marks of diversity, both human and cultural, presenting themselves as privileged places for the development of studies of alterity and permeability, including cultural. Port cities in Europe and Latin America are also challenged by risks arising from the high levels of development of the tourism industry. This exploits heritage, material and immaterial, built, symbolic or natural, often without benefits for the builders and heirs of those assets—the local communities. This matter becomes more acute when we are dealing with memories and heritage historically built through colonial dynamics. Many questions arise around the management of these memories and inheritances. Today communities in Latin America ask for recognition of indigenous identities and values and call for different concepts and practices for the preservation of their own values. This paper builds on the tension arising between two concepts, Damnatio memoria and Damnatio consensus, as expressing vibrant reactions from the communities involved. These are the main challenges faced by the project supported by the CoopMar network, whose aims, strategies and achievements this article deals with.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific