The anthropophagous Oswald de Andrade and the heritage conservation: a devourer of myths?

Authors

  • Renata Campello Cabral Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
  • Paola Berenstein Jacques Universidade Federal da Bahia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-02672018v26e32

Keywords:

Oswald de Andrade, IPHAN, Conservation

Abstract

An unpublished document of 1930 attributed by the authors of this article to Oswald de Andrade, in which he suggests the “Bases for the Creation and Organization of the Department of Defense and Conservation of the Artistic Heritage of Brazil”, is the starting point used to discuss the historiographical shadow that conceals the writer as one of the agents of the constitu- tion, in the field of ideas, of a preservationist culture in the country, particularly within the history of the constitution of the National Historical and Artistic Patrimony Service (SPHAN). The article also proposes to problematize the centrality of Mário de Andrade in the founding myth of the Ser- vice. To do so, it addresses the biography of Oswald de Andrade, his ideas, political positions, his social place, his friendships and enmities. The debate raises the question whether there would be a difficulty in admitting the provocative presence of an “anthropophagous conservative” in the history of the constitution of the main federal preservation body in Brazil.

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Author Biographies

  • Renata Campello Cabral, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

    Docente do Departamento de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (DAU) e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento Urbano (MDU) da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). Vice-líder do Laboratório de Urbanismo e Patrimônio (LUP/MDU)

  • Paola Berenstein Jacques, Universidade Federal da Bahia

    Docente na Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade Federal da Bahia (Faufba) e no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo (PPG-AU/Faufba). Coordena o grupo de pesquisa Laboratório Urbano

Published

2018-11-29

Issue

Section

Material Culture Studies

How to Cite

CABRAL, Renata Campello; JACQUES, Paola Berenstein. The anthropophagous Oswald de Andrade and the heritage conservation: a devourer of myths?. Anais do Museu Paulista: História e Cultura Material, São Paulo, v. 26, p. e32, 2018. DOI: 10.1590/1982-02672018v26e32. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/anaismp/article/view/145355.. Acesso em: 24 nov. 2024.