The production of narrative discourse about the military cultural heritage: the uses and disuses of protection list of the Brazilian’s fortresses

Abstract

This paper is part of an ongoing dissertation research linked to the Postgraduate Program in Cultural Heritage and Society of the University of the Region of Joinville (Univille), whose theme is the analysis of the military patrimonial discourse mobilized for the candidacy of the set of Brazilian fortresses to the world heritage of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). In this sense, the present text seeks to analyze the production of the discourse on the military cultural heritage based on the different strategies carried out by the Brazilian army from the first nominations of protection list of fortresses in 1937 to the current forms of patrimonial and cultural management implemented by the institution in 2017. The methodology is documentary and bibliographic research. As a result, it was found that the narrative discourse produced on the military cultural heritage is mobilized and adapted to the concept of contemporary culture, even though it is surrounded by patriotism and a sense of nationality.