Intangible Cultural Heritage in Religious Contexts: a Comparative Legal Study

Thiago Rafael Burckhart

doi:10.5020/2317-2150.2025.15981

Autores

Thiago Rafael Burckhart University of Rome Unitelma Sapienza, Roma, Itália https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5483-9336

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5020/2317-2150.2025.15981

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Direito do patrimônio cultural imaterial, Espaços religiosos, Medidas de salvaguarda, Sul da Europa

Resumo

Este artigo tem como objetivo analisar as interconexões entre o patrimônio religioso material e imaterial, destacando o papel dos instrumentos jurídicos relativos ao patrimônio cultural imaterial (PCI), como as medidas de salvaguarda, na melhoria da proteção do patrimônio a ele associado: a dimensão “material” dos espaços religiosos. Para tanto, realiza-se uma análise empírica comparada dos elementos inscritos na lista da UNESCO de PCI provenientes do sul da Europa, com foco nas medidas de salvaguarda implementadas, conforme descritas nos Dossiês de Candidatura e nos Relatórios Periódicos dos Estados. A análise está ancorada nos campos do direito público comparado e do direito internacional público, e adota uma perspectiva interdisciplinar entre o direito e a ciência política, com ênfase na aplicação jurídica e na formulação de políticas públicas. O artigo examina a definição jurídica de PCI; explora os conceitos de patrimônio religioso e de espaços religiosos; e, por fim, analisa como os instrumentos do PCI podem promover a sustentabilidade desses espaços por meio de medidas de salvaguarda.

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Biografia do Autor

Thiago Rafael Burckhart, University of Rome Unitelma Sapienza, Roma, Itália

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the “UNESCO Chair on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Comparative Law”, University of Rome Unitelma Sapienza. I hold a PhD in Comparative Law and Processes of Integration from the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” (Italy), an LLM in Constitutional Law from Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil), and an LLB in Law from the University of Blumenau (Brazil).

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