CULTURE, HERITAGE AND A POSSIBLE GENTRIFICATION OF THE FOREST NEIGHBORHOOD,IN PORTO ALEGRE – RS

Abstract

Abstract

This article seeks to verify how culture and its agents play a fundamental role in a possible gentrification of the Floresta neighborhood, in the 4th District, on the city of Porto Alegre. This process has been promoted by individual and collective initiatives, such as, for example, the creation of a creative district, the networking of its promoters and the formation of cultural associations. On the other hand, there is a material and immaterial heritage in  the neighborhood and in the region that oscillates between preservation and destruction by public and private agents. In the last four years, the 4th District has been considered as a privileged area for a possible revitalization, in an articulation between public institutions and private agents crossed by a new idea of internationalization in the city of Porto Alegre. This global-local strategy drives possible gentrification in the area that could generate uneven development by expelling old residents and attracting new residents to the territory. Within this perspective, the assignment seeks to deepen concepts and discuss what culture, heritage and gentrification would be in this specific context and relate them to the empirical data on culture and heritage generated based on the research carried out throughout 2018 about the Floresta neighborhood.