CULTURAL HERITAGE ACTION, POPULAR OCCUPATION AND THE CONFLICTS OF PRESERVATION: THE CASE OF THE COMMUNITY OF GAMBOA DE BAIXO IN SALVADOR - BA
Popular occupation. Military heritage. Land regularization. Salvador-BA.
We present here a reading of the patrimonial action in the Historical Center of Salvador and its surroundings, addressing the conflict generated by the popular occupation in buildings protected as heritage and the need to preserve them. The conflict generated is read, on the one hand, from the strategies of the public power that, together with the discourses of urban revitalization, preservation of the patrimony, and the disbursement of the State, seeks to implement strategic planning in the urban center. On the other hand, the tactics of social movements are presented, seeking to resist removals, to legitimize themselves the part of the heritage to be revitalized and to force social participation in the decision-making processes of the public sphere. A closer reading of the popular occupation of the São Paulo Fort, in the community of Gamboa de Baixo, and of the actions and decisions of the public power over this area, is presented, in order to promote the conservation project of this military architecture, protected as heritage. During the text the actors of this conflict are presented on both sides, highlighting their actions to reaffirm their speeches, creating a game of power and resistance that brings elements to discuss the patrimonial issue in urban areas.