Argentina, Uruguai e Mercosul: instituições, normativas e políticas patrimoniais no contexto de uma união aduaneira.

Abstract

The current study aimed to investigate the field of Cultural Heritage in regard to patrimonial institutions of Argentina and Uruguay and official offices of MERCOSUL. This research main objective was to appreciate specific characteristics of this field, considering national realities and the specific institutions of this custom union. MERCOSUL has as its main goals the integration between markets, politics and economy of its States Parties. Such configuration interferes with the understanding of the role and importance of the patrimonial field in MERCOSUL. This study observed that this field is trespassed by the structure of National States and, simultaneously, by specific institutions of this custom union that fostered cultural heritage policies that aimed to promote the integration of the National States parties. These policies occurred from joint actions or from the convergence of pre-existing policies, although there remain asymmetries among these countries regarding the scope of their norms and patrimonial institutions and predominate policies of national character. In this sense, this manuscript investigated how this field is configured, considering the specificities of national legislation, policies and MERCOSUR institutions that deal with heritage issues. Although incipient, MERCOSUR has contributed to the policies of patrimonial preservation of the States Parties, even though many possibilities could be better explored. From this perspective, the study begun with the analysis of MERCOSUR reality, focusing on the norms and heritage institutions of Argentina and Uruguay and advanced with case studies of cultural goods existing in the custom union context.