Latin American Heritage, 1st ed. 2018 Interdisciplinary Dialogues on Brazilian and Argentinian Case Studies The Latin American Studies Book Series

Focusing on Brazil, this book approaches the term ?heritage? from not only a historical and architectural point of view, but also considers its artistic, archaeological, natural, ethnological and industrial aspects. 

The book is divided into four thematic sections ? 1) traditions and intangible heritage, 2) archaeological heritage, 3) natural heritage and landscapes, and 4) heritage of industrial and built environments ? and presents chapters on a diverse range of topics, from samba and cultural identities in Rio de Janeiro, to the history of Brazilian archaeology, the value of scenic landscapes in Brazil, and the cultural landscape of Brazil.

As an outcome of the First Heritage International Symposium, this unique book explores a variety of heritage dialogues, pursuing global and specific approaches, and combining different views, perceptions and senses.

Part I: Traditions, knowledge and intangible heritage.- Chapter 1.  Samba Places: an analysis on samba, identities and intangible heritage in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Part II: Archaeological heritage.- Chapter 2. Brazilian archaeology, the last two decades.- Chapter 3.  The enhancement of the past: the archaeological heritage as social value.- Chapter 4. The “Heritage Horror Show”.- Chapter 5. Dialogue and preservation: considerations about Contract Archaeology in Brazil.- Chapter 6. The Ruínas Engenho São Jorge dos Erasmos National Monument in Santos (SP), Brazil, as a case: mankind heritage between cultural property, inflation and destruction.- Chapter 7. Archaeological heritage and education: a case of interdisciplinary dialogue in Rio Claro schools, São Paulo state – Brazil. Part III: Landscape and natural heritage.- Chapter 8. Natural heritage: quantitative evaluation of landscape scenic values.- Chapter 9. The landscape concept in geography and landscape as heritage.

Fabiana Lopes da Cunha received her Bachelor’s degree in History from São Paulo University (USP), where she also obtained her Ph.D. degree in Social History. She is Associate Professor at São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil and Professor at Postgraduate Program from School of Sciences, Humanities and Languages, Assis (SP) - São Paulo State University (UNESP). She also coordinates a Documentation and Memory Center (CEDOM) which aims include regional memory and local preservation. Her main research interests include Brazilian History, Cultural History during the imperial and republican period until the end of the New State, as well as Popular Music, Popular Culture (festivals), Contemporary Culture Production, Museums, Diaspora and Intangible Heritage, and Carnival. In 2004 she edited her first book Da Marginalidade ao Estrelato: o samba na construção da nacionalidade (1917-1945) (Annablume, 2004). She was an adviser at CONDEPHAAT

Marcilene dos Santos is Associate Professor at São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil. She is a bachelor in Geology and doctor in Geosciences (Regional Geology). Her main research interests include Geomorphology, Neotectonics, Quaternary Geology, Geoconservation, Cultural Geomorphology, and Geoheritage. She has written book chapters including As Serras do Mar e da Mantiqueira. In: Geologia do Brasil (2012– edited by Yociteru Hasui, Celso. D. R Carneiro, Fernando F. Marques de