Representações sociais sobre o patrimônio cultural em Mariana: práticas, concepções e disputas de poder na apropriação e legitimação social dos bens culturais

Abstract

This thesis analyses the different social representations of the residents of Mariana, Minas Gerais, about their cultural heritage. Social representations are understood as forms of knowledge built on objects - in this case the cultural heritage - which are present in the quotidian of social groups, in order to guide their daily interactions. Such representations are manifested in opinions, images, attitudes and practices. In this study, we sought to identify these representations and to understand their dynamics of social legitimation. Thus, it is considered that the elaborated perspectives (representations) are linked to the position and the social context of each group, coexisting hierarchically in the social space. The theoretical reference used in this analysis is the Social Representation Theory - based in the study of the social psychologist Serge Moscovici - which we articulate with the concept of field by the sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. This articulation aims to develop an approach that allows a social and a structural understanding about how the social representations regarded to cultural heritage in Mariana/MG works.