Built cultural heritage of the federal university of paraíba for memory preservation

estudo da documentação com fins de preservação da memória

Abstract

The Federal University of Paraíba comprises buildings from various architectural periods, thereby constituting an integral part of the institution’s heritage assets. However, these structures require ongoing conservation and maintenance efforts to safeguard their physical integrity, given their function as repositories of collective memory. This study aims to examine the documentation related to University of Paraíba’s buildings constructed prior to the institution’s federalization, considering that the former faculties operated in historically significant buildings, which are now part of the designated preservation and heritage zone in the historic center of João Pessoa, Paraíba.

Architectural heritage buildings demand an informational framework capable of consolidating their historical trajectories, relational contexts, and associated processes. This work emphasizes the critical role of documentation in heritage management, without delving into planimetric analysis or technical design documents. The documentary corpus under consideration includes property registration certificates, deeds, institutional real estate records, and other archival sources.

The analysis of current informational supports and documentation practices related to University of Paraíba’s historic buildings has made it possible to identify how archival and management criteria are applied in the context of the institution’s tangible cultural heritage. Findings indicate a lack of integrated information systems, with much of the documentation fragmented and dispersed, thereby hindering the construction of a coherent temporal narrative based on the available records.