A problemática da "identidade" e o lugar do "património" num mundo crescentemente cosmopolita

The concept of identity is becoming increasingly important in debates related to the current cultural and political changes occurring in societies due to new forms of interaction resulting from globalisation. The concept of heritage – closely linked to the concept of identity, as it is in the past that we find the roots which define our identities – has also been subjected to all sorts of manipulation and has acquired new shapes that largely surpass the old definition related to its physical and spatial centralities. The paper aims to discuss both concepts, not just by analysing the new configurations that are reshaping them, but also the risks involved in their reification, which challenges global security and social justice.