CULTURAL HERITAGE AND SUSTAINABILITY IN THE GRADUATE PROGRAM IN CULTURAL HERITAGE AND SOCIETY

Abstract

This article presents the results of a research on sustainability, investigated in the Graduate Program in Cultural Heritage and Society - PPGPCS of the University of the Region of Joinville (Univille), in the period 2013–2023. This study is linked to the Sustainability Observatory of Univille, and the research presented here is part of the objectives of this Observatory on the design of conceptions on the theme of sustainability. The methodology used was documentary analysis, focusing on the understanding and analysis of how the concept of sustainability is activated in discussions about cultural heritage and the theoretical frameworks of this concept in the field. The results obtained point to the understanding that the research carried out mainly deals with problems related to environmental heritage and sustainable development from the perspective of cultural heritage and management, in a vision of imbrication between environment and culture. Themes that are linked to sustainability such as fundamental rights, access to cultural assets, memories, identity, landscapes, commodification of culture, private property, forests, biodiversity, cultural policies and cultural knowledge and practices of traditional populations are also highlighted.