City, Heritage and Memory: an untold version of the Distrito Federal

Abstract

This article aims to address the nuances of the “Cidade, Patrimônio e Memória: Uma versão não contada do Distrito Federal”, framed in the Immaterial Heritage sub-area, in the Architectural Heritage line of the Architecture and Urbanism course at Centro Universitário do Planalto Central Apparecido dos Santos (Uniceplac), coordinated by the professor Diana Bogado in partnership with the Instituto Federal de Brasília (IFB), involving high school students in Integrated Audio and Video Production in the Youth and Adult Education modality, under the coordination of teacher Juliana Lopes. This extension project proposes to carry out a historical rescue and communicate local stories of residents of the Administrative Regions of the Federal District, in order to offer critical and interdisciplinary reflection to the students involved about the socio-spatial practices of the urban peripheries and the intertwining of the stories of the places with people's lives, understanding that such practices tell unofficial versions of the city's constitution. It is understood that the recovery of the history of peripheral individuals is an exercise in understanding authentic ways of life and represents a version of Brasília's urban history not disclosed by the official narratives, the complexities and biases of the dynamics of the periphery, which conflict with the socio-spatial practices of the residents of the Plano Piloto, keep the particularities of a place preserved in its regional and Brazilian intangible heritage, which should be valued and made public as a way of safeguarding popular culture and memory.