Neither boundaries nor barriers. International interactions between the cities of Santana do Livramento (Brazil) and Rivera (Uruguay)

Abstract

Starting from the premise of encouraging better management of the historical heritage in the south of Brazil, this work aims to disclose a social situation that unites two countries and two cultures, mixing them together and integrating the residents of Santana do Livramento and Rivera. These cities are located alongside in the borders of Brazil and Uruguay, respectively, without physical or natural division, only with boundary landmarks. In this assignment, it will be brought attention to the beginning of territorial discussions until the newest decrees of the evolution of political discussions about the separating line and the way it changed the population, so they would become one. Plenty of documental and online research, such as legislative decrees, maps, reports, and local history books, went through analysis for the construction of this study, with the main objective of bringing recognition to a territorial arrangement that resulted in a unique interaction between two countries. The situation of the unusual case is the main characteristic of the historical heritage, transcending from the history of how this territory came together and how the population became one, bounding cultures and changing the ways of living. It is of great importance to reveal this border so that the appropriation of the own residents with their past and heritage is increased, hoping to bring bigger investments and a more careful look to the visual of both cities so that they could prosper as they should. Taking this subject into consideration, it is noteworthy that the visibility of southern Brazilian and Uruguayan heritage must be explored in a way that brings more value to this territory, instead of only being outgrown by the profit, immediate gain of big corporations and buying power, so that this population can have opportunities to grow and prosper. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion