"PORTO VELHO, MY DENGO": THE URBAN TRANSFORMATIONS FROM TERRITORY TO MATERIAL HERITAGE
Keywords: Urban archaeology; cultural heritage; social landscape.
This study considers the dialogue between History and Urban Archaeology in the landscape, social and cultural transformations of the city of Porto Velho, Rondônia. The research examines, in the process of urban growth, the territory relegated to the Building Heritage, starting from three exemplary cases: the Clock Building (former Administration of EFMM), the Cultural Market (former Municipal Market) and the building of the Seringalistas Cooperative, currently occupied by a clothing store. Through an interdisciplinary approach, the investigation is based on the theories of long temporal duration (Braudel), collective memory (Funari) and Landscape Archaeology, with the objective of understanding how the resignifications of these buildings reflect the historical dynamics of the city in the face of urban and cultural transformations. The study highlights the interaction between inhabitants, spaces and economic practices in the transformation of the urban landscape, addressing the way in which memory, culture and identity are resignified and incorporated into the process. The buildings analyzed demonstrate the conflict between the need for preservation and the erasure of heritage meanings, revealing challenges in the context of urban growth and in the relationship between the population and cultural and historical values. However, they also have potential for cultural recovery and integration into collective memory, reinforcing their relevance as historical testimonies and elements that form a local social identity.