A Gestão Do Patrimônio E a Ressimbolização De Cárceres Tombados

Abstract

The objective of this work is to analyze the process of cultural heritage policies of former detention houses and understand what their transformation in cultural and tourist instruments. Three old prisons were studied: the “Cadeia Eclesiástica (Aljube)” located in Olinda/PE (current “Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Pernambuco”), The “Casa de Câmara e Cadeia” located in Pirenópolis/GO (current “Museu do Divino Espírito Santo”) and the “Casa de detenção do Recife” (current “Casa da Cultura de Pernambuco”). As methodological procedures were carried out: semi-structured interviews; participant observation; and the survey of official and media documents, discussed under the perspective of the anthropology of heritage and tourism. The analysis of the data shows little memorial and cultural reflexivity on the part of the interviewees. The results show that the prisons in question survive for tourism sustainability, guaranteeing their maintenance, but in a more economical than memorial scope.