SOBRE A RELAÇÃO ENTRE INDIVÍDUOS E COLETIVO NA CONSTRUÇÃO DO PATRIMÔNIO HISTÓRICO: O CASO DO MONUMENTO À COLÔNIA AFRO-BRASILEIRA DE CURITIBA.

This paper intends to debate the history of the Monumento à Colônia Afro-brasileira de Curitiba, unveiled at the downtown area of the Paranaense capital in May 1988. Departing from the concepts of "patrimony" (CHOAY, 2006) and "place of memory" (NORA, 1993), we analyzed how the insertion of this work in the urban space raises discussions on the identity and the memory of the city, as well as, on the relations between the individual and the collective on making the history of a population. The rescue of this history was also supported by researches in official documents, in newspapers and in interviews with people who took part in this process. This work brought to light how the monument has the potential to preserve the history and the memory of African-Brazilians in Curitiba. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]