Seven cities: a study of social representations of brazilian cities world patrimony on the Web

Abstract

This article describes results and evolutions of the thesis of the same title, the object of which are the social representations in the Web of Brazilian cities, recorded as historical sites by UNESCO, to reveal them. Its main foundations are the cities narrative support, world patrimony, cultural diversity, and the theory of social representations. In the empirical study, such foundations are aligned with the methodology steps suggested by the theory of social representations, analytical-descriptive methods, and discourse analysis methods. The representations are revealed, evaluated as to the UNESCO recording criteria, and other investigations are suggested.