The inventory as a toll for the recognition and preservations of the cultural heritage of rural communities in Santo Antônio do Palma/RS, Brazil

Abstract

The cultural heritage is the object of interest for several mechanisms and tools that aim at its registration, recognition, preservation, as well as its promotion, among these mechanisms, the inventory is one of the resources commonly used to achieve these ends. Thus, this article aims to inventory and debate the current condition of material and immaterial heritage, especially know-how, present in rural communities of descendants of Italian and Polish immigrants in the municipality of Santo Antônio do Palma, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The methodology adopted for the research was based on a conceptual bibliographic approach, the structuring of a material and immaterial patrimonial inventory sheet, which was filled in with the data collected during the field research. From the collection of data and the realization of the forms, it was possible to obtain an overview of the current cultural scenario of the aforementioned municipality, where the efforts that have been made by local actors in recent years in order to keep the memories alive, have been evaluated as relevant. the stories, as well as the know-how inherited from their ancestors. These are commitments that contribute to the maintenance of local identity, as well as they can contribute to the cultural development of these communities.