A midiatização da (não) preservação: reflexões metodológicas sobre sociedade, periodismo e internet a propósito da demolição do Palácio Monroe¹

ABSTRACT

Many scholars have pointed that the preservation policies should contemplate the society desires. This article discusses this maximum analyzing the reasons that produced demands from non-specialists about the preservation of the Monroe Palace. This building, that originally was built by the Brazilian government in 1904, in the US, was reassembled in Rio de Janeiro in 1906 and demolished in 1976. In order to understand the perception of society about this building, this paper seeks to show how the Monroe’s demolition mobilized Rio society. Taking this episode about the (non-) preservation of this architecture, we developed some reflections on the role of the journalism, blogs and websites, framed by one methodological preoccupation. The goal is to comprehend the production of the Rio’s memory and history by people that do not belong to official agencies of heritage in that city and, as result, to allow the discussion about the social circuit of the architecture within the heritage field.

KEYWORDS:
Monroe Palace; Demolition; Iphan; Rio de Janeiro; Press; Internet