Banca de DEFESA: Walkyria Chagas da Silva Santos Guimarães

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STUDENT : Walkyria Chagas da Silva Santos Guimarães
DATE: 31/12/2024
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: https://meet.google.com/twu-vqwy-mdb
TITLE:

CULTURAL RIGHTS IN PRETUGUÊS: reflections on the protection of Afro-Brazilian cultural heritage following the listing of Afro-Brazilian assets

KEY WORDS:

Cultural rights; effectiveness; racial relations; practitioners of Afro-Brazilian religions (povo de santo); pretugês

PAGES: 180
BIG AREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
AREA: Direito
SUMMARY:

This research aims to contribute to the fields of "Law and racial relations" and "cultural rights". For a cultural asset to be recognised as heritage, it must undergo landmark designation (tombamento) by the State. In this process, the asset is inscribed in the official registry maintained by the National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute (IPHAN). Within the broader scope of "cultural rights," this study raises the following research question: does the concept of cultural rights adopted by the Brazilian State ensure the effectiveness and fluidity of fundamental rights for practitioners of Afro-Brazilian religions? The legal norms and institutional relationships established by the State often stand in contrast to the cosmology/cosmoencantry/cosmoperception of these followers. The study hypothesis that, despite legislative and constitutional advancements, public officials continue to operate within frameworks imbued with religious racism, whiteness, and coloniality. The white elite, wielding significant influence over decision-making spaces—such as the National Congress, the Executive Branch, and the Judiciary—dominates these arenas, thereby hindering or delaying essential actions to ensure the cultural rights and broader rights of practitioners of Afro-Brazilian religions. Cultural heritage associated with Black populations is systematically neglected by the State, with only approximately 1% of the cultural assets listed by IPHAN related to Afro-Brazilian religious architecture, within a universe of over a thousand protected assets. The study’s overarching goal is to analyse the effectiveness of cultural rights as a fundamental right for Brazil’s Black population, focusing on the landmark designation of Afro-Brazilian cultural assets by IPHAN. Its specific objectives include: (i) reflecting on the colonial violence experienced by Afro-Brazilian religious practices; (ii) examining the modifications introduced in the landmark designation processes following the 1988 Constitution and two decades after the first designation of an Afro-Brazilian religious site (terreiro); (iii) identifying the position of Black monuments within the context of national cultural heritage; and (iv) analysing whether the current conception of cultural rights ensures their full realisation for Brazil’s Black population. This is a qualitative and interdisciplinary research, grounded in bibliographical and documentary sources, and developed through dialogue with other fields of knowledge, particularly with the contributions of Black intellectuals and thinkers.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Externa à Instituição - CELIA SOUZA DA COSTA - PUCPR
Interno - 1863338 - EVANDRO CHARLES PIZA DUARTE
Externa à Instituição - GABRIELA BARRETTO DE SÁ - UNEB
Presidente - 321346 - MENELICK DE CARVALHO NETTO
Externa ao Programa - 2558243 - RENISIA CRISTINA GARCIA FILICE - null