De mito romântico à paisagem cultural : por uma trajetória do conceito de paisagem na Revista do Patrimônio (1937-2019)

Abstract

This research investigates the concept of landscape in Revista do Patrimônio, a scientific journal published by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN). It begins with an analysis of primary documentation consisting of discourses, images, concepts, and representations of landscape taken from the journal, which has been published by IPHAN since 1937. The reading of the 40 editions of the journal constitutes the central documentary source of the research; this was then cross-referenced with social and political data from each historical context, as well as interviews and data on the authors who published in the journal. The main objective of the research was to construct a trajectory of the concepts and notions of landscape that circulated in the magazine, based on the hypothesis that there were different discursive topics composing the process of landscape construction in the authors of the IPHAN Magazine, beyond the decree of landscape listings operationalized by the institution. Contrary to a supposedly univocal, official narrative based on the beauty and vision of the landscape, as presented by the institution through its documentation, different notions, discourses, and visions of the landscapes mobilized in the articles are evident in three main discursive regimes that intersect in non-linear temporalities: the first is linked to the permanence of founding discourses and romantic and nationalist ideas that run through the entire history of the magazine; the second highlights the monumental topic for the urban and modern landscape; and the third involves the emergence of new globalized discourses on landscape as a means of development and raising awareness of global ecological emergencies.