Crítica al paisaje cultural como estrategia de conservación del patrimonio paisajístico en Costa Rica : políticas, prácticas y desafíos, el caso de la ciudad de Golfito.
This dissertation endeavors to challenge the prevailing discourses and practices surrounding landscape heritage conservation in Costa Rica, by critically examining the concept of cultural landscape, as defined, at 1992, by the system that operationalizes the 1972 Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. Utilizing sociological imagination and critical discourse analysis, this study delves into the colonial implications of the UNESCO designation, which serves as a centralized and universalized reference point, shaping doctrinal notions about heritage and landscape. The developed gamble was possible through de bibliography revision and the dialogue with different actors and specialists. Through a self-critical approach, the research explores the possibilities and importance of decentering the cultural environment, sustainable development, and the global and regional political systems, which perpetuate the principles of the world system, upon which Western Conservation Theory is still based. The research demonstrates the landscape's dilution between ecological and scenographic dimensions within Costa Rica's national norms on the environment, urban planning, and heritage. The case study in Golfito, located in Costa Rica's South Pacific, was where these perspectives collided. An examination of the imprint left by the United Fruit Company's Banana Enclave, which operated between 1938 and 1985, accomplished this. The identification of enduring marks, visible heritage activations in state declarations, and narratives romanticizing the lush tropical landscape framed between the mountains and the sea, reconstructed by progress but concealing the violence inflicted on the territory, bodies, and memories, all played a role. From Golfito, multidisciplinary discussion sheds light on the complexity of landscape heritage, which includes social values, conflict, and territorial use strategies. The study suggests that landscape heritage can challenge preconceived conceptions and give a variety of interpretations of history when it is activated through participatory practices, honoring local institutions and community voices in identifying a diverse and dynamic image.
Patrimonio paisajístico, Enclave bananero, Sistema-mundo, Costa Rica, Ambiente
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