Sacralizar el espacio urbano: el centro de las ciudades mexicanas como patrimonio mundial no renovable

An internationalagreement, signed in 1972, intends to establish a list of the world legacy. Its purpose lies on determining,based on a universal consensus, that which should be preserved. Seven historical centers of Mexican cities havebeen included in the legacy list. This article analyses the impac...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Patrice Melé
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:1998
Country:México
Institution:Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social
Repository:Redalyc-CIESAS
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:74781602
Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=74781602
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Antropología
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Summary:An internationalagreement, signed in 1972, intends to establish a list of the world legacy. Its purpose lies on determining,based on a universal consensus, that which should be preserved. Seven historical centers of Mexican cities havebeen included in the legacy list. This article analyses the impact of this international process regarding federal andlocal practices of legacy protection, it also studies the positioning, in regards to this international process, of thedifferent participants who live in the historical centers and take part in their future or have an opinion of it.