Los procesos de patrimonializacion en la re-configuracion de la idea de nacion: la Comision Nacional de Museos, Monumentos y Lugres Históricos (Argentina)

CECILIA PÉREZ WINTER

REVISTA DE GEOGRAFíA, NORTE GRANDE

PONTIFICA UNIV CATOLICA CHILE

Lugar: Santiago de Chile; Año: 2020 p. 61 - 81

0379-8682

The construction and actualization of the notion of nation needs mechanism to assist in the selection of which elements (materials and symbolic) and subjects are going to be included in it. In this context, we are interested in inquiring Heritage process as one of such mechanism. We propose, through the study of Heritage construction, to identified and analyze: (i) the main actors involved; (ii) the elements, subjects and places chosen, and (iii) the symbolic spatial implications. We discuss these issues by examining the National Commission of Museums, Monuments and Historic Assets (CNMMLH) of Argentina, institution in charge of national heritage recognition, between 1984-1993,term, moment in which democracy is reestablish in the country. We conclude that national heritage ctivates versions about the past, identities and territories which contribute toconsolidate a type of ?imagined community? and its geographical symbolic limits.