ARQUEOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL E PATRIMÔNIO INDUSTRIAL: “NOVO” ENFOQUE À MEMÓRIA CULTURAL

Abstract

This paper proposes the study of the possibilities of the industrial archeologyindustrial heritage in research upon cultural memory. It proposes research upon memoryindustrial history in order to them in the conceptions of cultural heritage. This paper intends to presentencourage the industrial conservationstudies upon history of industrial investments in Brazil. After considering the concepts of cultural heritagearcheology interconnected to memoryculture, this article presents the main lines of proposed methodologies for the preservation of Brazilian industrial memory. We target to make possible a “history of the enterprises’ life” under socio-economiccultural perspectives as well as to build memory of the process of industrialization. Our central question regards the industrial heritage studiesits valorization in Brazil. At the end, this article asks about the possibilities of the industrial archeology as a way of preservation of industrial memory,also as a linkage for Brazilian culture. This question presents no answer.