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A wide range of historical examples is designed to illustrate the effects of soft power on the preservation of cultural heritage in the context of international relations, but the essential focus of this text falls on three special areas: (a) criticism of cartography represented in the list of world heritage sites and of world heritage sites linked to UNESCO; (b) the growing action around illicit trafficking and the repatriation/return of cultural goods, as well as the universe of the so-called illicit criminogenic collectables; (c) the mapping of other actors in the production, maintenance and management of heritage with the increasing presence of themes that address “Africanities”, “Asianities”, “Latinities”, and “Orientalisms” (so little explored by our researchers, given the hegemony of the Europeanist/American vision), themes resulting from the dialogue between multiple areas of knowledge and the concept of soft power. Thus, the text faces a central task to show that the connection between cultural heritage, international relations, and soft power is relevant and, therefore, seeks to document significant examples for this purpose, choosing Brazil as a comparative field with international examples. Given the importance built around this category of analysis, it seems appropriate to offer research possibilities on the functioning of soft power (concept questioning on the margins of history), thus providing a conceptual basis and rigorous methodological approaches on its aegis. |
