"A Madonna... yo le hago un monumento". Los múltiples y diversos usos de la historia en la ciudad de México

Mónica Lacarrieu ^[1]
1. [1] Universidad de Buenos Aires
  
  Universidad de Buenos Aires
  
  Argentina
Localización: Alteridades, ISSN-e 2448-850X, ISSN 0188-7017, Vol. 8, Nº. 16, 1998 (Ejemplar dedicado a: El patrimonio cultural. Estudios contemporáneos), págs. 43-59
Idioma: español
Títulos paralelos:
- “to Madonna...I build a monument”. Multiple and diverse uses of history in Mexico city
Enlaces
- Texto completo 1 2

Resumen
- Heritage, related to its use or appropriation by people, comes again to the scene as a no delay problem related to the deep transformations taking place at present in big cities. It is al old issue even though renewed for a new context. The expansion of the meaning of concepts as heritage, historical center and history have had influence on the ways things were focused up to now, permitting a switch from the traditional stages of exhibit anden larging what could be legitimated as heritage. A new dimension of heritage is being introduced from the local stances, even though in correspondence with the way in which social actors appropriate of the universal/global categories. So, the production process of heritage is not any more only a question related to the State, instead it has turned into a strategic and very instrumental question for the neighbors of several parts of the city. In the case of Mexico City these issues have begun to grow in relevance. That’s why this paper intends to analyze these new conceptions, uses and appropriation of heritage and history, comparing the historical center of Tlalpan and the modern Polanco Colony in Mexico City