Equity Policies

between exclusion and the right to citizenship

Abstract

The concern in this text is to outline some considerations on the so-called immaterial heritage, from the perspective of public heritage policies, considered as analysis policies for inclusion. Assuming that dynamics and innovation are constitutive factors of the entire heritage process, the identification of cultural reference goods for registration, belonging to non-hegemonic sectors (indigenous, black, rural populations, immigrants, etc.), represents a significant change in understanding and choice of targets worth researching. In a highly hierarchical and unequal Brazilian society, the conceptualization of intangible heritage defended by the policymakers of registration presupposes the recognition of cultural reference goods that far exceed those chosen by hegemonic groups to represent what is idealized as a Brazilian cultural heritage. . This unequal struggle waged in the field of cultural heritage requires questioning the legitimacy of the process, as regards the right to citizenship of subordinate populations and the possibility of being part of what is understood as Brazilian cultural heritage.