The other Moreninha beach

different geographies and histories of the Rio suburb

Abstract

This article arises from the possibility of heritage education about the historical and cultural landmarks of one of the most important and controversial neighborhoods in the so-called Leopoldina Zone. Through this reflection, we aim to contribute to critical knowledge and the conscious appropriation by Penha communities of their heritage so that it is an indispensable factor in the process of sustainable preservation of these assets and in strengthening feelings of identity and citizenship, as advocated by IPHAN. Interweaving passages from our family history, we intend to narrate important historical events that were transformed, given new meanings and reused by the nation’s projects that followed each other in the more than four hundred years since the founding of the City of Rio de Janeiro. Our narrative draws on primary sources that document past events in their chronology and contiguity. We defend a heritage education route made up of everyday elements that bear witness to different historical times, which includes the passage between them, elements such as: literature, samba, stamps, means of transport and newspaper reports.