Anthropology and cultural heritage

The author argues that anthropology can help define a much broader, richer and culturally more diverse concept of heritage. He advocates for a more democratic and pluralist State policy that takes into account the diversity and complexity of Brazilian society, valuing traditions, symbolic systems an...

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Main Author: Gilberto Velho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Antropologia 2013-10-01
Series:Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/vibrant/519