Descrição
This article tries to bring out elements for reflections on the concept/ idea of patrimonial territory in traditional populations, with a case study conducted in the Ilhabela County, São Paulo State, Brazil, in the Curral neighborhood/beach, of caiçara population, through qualitative interviews and a bibliographic review. By using observation, interviews, theoretical discussion and analysis, the study concluded that the concept of territory is of extreme importance to public policies at several levels and that, above all, it is necessary to try to understand whether the idea the locals have about their territory allows a change of focus from a study about the local territory to a study of the territory based on the experiences of the local people in a necessary dialogue relationship.||Este artigo procura trazer elementos para reflexões sobre o conceito/a ideia de patrimônio em locais de populações tradicionais, com um estudo de caso no Município de Ilhabela, estado de São Paulo, Brasil, no bairro/na praia do Curral, de população caiçara, mediante entrevistas qualitativas e pesquisa bibliográfica. Utilizando-se de observação, entrevistas, discussão teórica e análise, apreende-se que o conceito de patrimônio territorial é de extrema importância ao se pensar políticas públicas em suas diversas escalas e que, antes de tudo, buscar a compreensão que as pessoas que moram no lugar têm da ideia de seu patrimônio permite mudar o foco do estudo sobre o patrimônio do lugar para o estudo sobre o patrimônio a partir da vivência das pessoas do lugar, em uma necessária relação de diálogo.
Abstract
PATRIMONIAL TERRITORY AND THE TRADITIONAL POPULATIONS PERSPECTIVE
This article tries to bring out elements for reflections on the concept/ idea of patrimonial territory in traditional populations, with a case study conducted in the Ilhabela County, São Paulo State, Brazil, in the Curral neighborhood/beach, of caiçara population, through qualitative interviews and a bibliographic review. By using observation, interviews, theoretical discussion and analysis, the study concluded that the concept of territory is of extreme importance to public policies at several levels and that, above all, it is necessary to try to understand whether the idea the locals have about their territory allows a change of focus from a study about the local territory to a study of the territory based on the experiences of the local people in a necessary dialogue relationship.
