Port memories in dispute: (re)readings of Rio’s Porto Maravilha

Authors

  • Jorge De la barre Universidade Federal Fluminense
  • Karime Pereira Ribeiro Lima Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v28i1p227-248

Keywords:

African heritage, Places of memory, Project Porto Maravilha, Rio de Janeiro, Urban Renewal

Abstract

Initiated in 2011 by then Mayor Eduardo Paes, the Porto Maravilha project represents to this day one of the most emblematic projects of the urban revitalization process in Rio de Janeiro. This article intends to explore the official and unofficial discourses in the context of Rio’s double agenda of sports mega-events (2014 and 2016) – more particularly the different ways of reinterpreting the meaning of the African heritage in the region. From the fieldwork, the article explores the narratives and clashes associated with three places of memory officially recognized by the communication body of the Porto Maravilha project within the recently created “Historical and Archaeological Circuit of Celebration of African Heritage”: the Centro Cultural José Bonifácio, the Armazém Docas Pedro II, and the Instituto dos Pretos Novos.

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Published

2019-06-19

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 1 (2019)

Section

Special Section

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How to Cite

De la barre, J., & Lima, K. P. R. (2019). Port memories in dispute: (re)readings of Rio’s Porto Maravilha. Cadernos De Campo (São Paulo, 1991), 28(1), 227-248. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v28i1p227-248