Modernity, patrimony policies: the ‘Cultural Corridor’ in Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

This article briefly discusses the Brazilian national policies for the National Patrimony privileging the analysis of the last two decades of the twentieth century For that the concepts contemplated in the discussion were those of modernity and identity and the emphasis of the research falls on the quot cultural corridor quot of the city of Rio de Janeiro The text makes a passage through the history and institutionalization of the national projects for the Patrimony its bond with the construction of a National State and the characteristics of the periods Again we emphasize that the focus falls on the final years of the twentieth century As a research methodology we will use the analysis of secondary sources and primary sources namely literature review and heritage documents