O Estado como artífice do patrimônio: o estudo de caso do processo de patrimonialização da Capela do Taim

Abstract

Focusing on the State role in the construction and management of cultural heritage, the present research studied the process of incorporation of the Capela do Taim in the Municipality of Rio Grande – RS to the national cultural heritage, since the act of listing the site as a historic place in the 1980s which unfolded for almost four decades until present time - the restoration works on the building took place in the year of 2021. By virtue of the signature of the Term of Allocation of Values signed between the Federal Public Ministry, IPHAE, Diocesan Mitra of Rio Grande and Municipality of Rio Grande, the implementation of a Management, Development, Conservation and Sustainability Plan for the Autonomous Nucleus of Taim was also adjusted, whose institutional actions continue to have direct repercussions on the community of Vila da Capilha, where the Capela do Taim is located. With the main objective of investigating the ways in which the State acts in the processes of patrimonialization and the way in which this action has repercussions in the society that holds the cultural asset, the discourses and cultural reference values contained in the official documents produced by the institutional agents to justify the recognition of Capela do Taim as cultural heritage. Characterized as basic in nature, descriptive in terms of objectives and qualitative in terms of approach, the research was guided by the adoption of a case study as an investigation method and hermeneutics as an analysis method. Among the conclusions of the study, it is pointed out the need for the State to create mechanisms that ensure effective social participation in the construction of local heritage throughout the course of the patrimonialization process.