Research
Preserve for Whom? The Contradictions in the Preservation of the Urban-Industrial Heritage in Campinas (SP)
In this article, we analyze the notion of cultural heritage within the process of production and restructuring of the city, understanding as historically urban and architectural interventions – both those that aim at the renewal of urban forms and functions as well as those with the purpose of preserving heritage and of the city's memory – are involved in the different periods. In this sense, the projects and actions carried out by the agents that produce the space in Campinas – the municipal government, businessmen (from the industrial, real estate, cultural, popular trade, among others), residents (old and new), institutions and political groups for the defense of heritage – show conflicts over the uses, functions and material and symbolic appropriation of the city.
