O descaso com o patrimônio como política pública: um diagnóstico da não implementação do sítio histórico de São Francisco de Borja para o desenvolvimento regional

Abstract

The generation of employment and income is a global public problem. However, the exploration of historical and cultural heritage for this purpose is always a challenge for public managers and society in general. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to analyze what prevents the exploration of the local development potential contained in the historical heritage of the Jesuit-Guarani reduction of São Francisco de Borja. The present investigation is characterized as exploratory and descriptive, based on the inductive method and with a qualitative and retrospective approach. Data were collected through bibliographic and documentary research and photographic records. One can indicate a profile of the disregard for this reduction, which manifests itself in historical, political, economic, legal and sociocultural aspects.Acco rding to the research, tourism linked to heritage education is pointed out as a possibility of re-signifying the sense of identity of this heritage. It is noteworthy that no isolated intervention will be able to mitigate a problem as complex and permeated with nuances, as is shown by the appreciation and conservation of the historical-cultural heritage of the “First of the Seven Peoples of the Missions” by the elites and the general population of the “Presidents' Land” and “Capital of Fandango.”.