Tourist historical city, globalization and identities: conflicts and rearrangements in the City of Goiás (GO) observed in food

Abstract

This article discusses the problem of the construction of identities in the territory inserted in the global networks. The central objective is to verify how traces of food can reveal and build the identity of territories. The specific objectives are to understand the conflicts between the traditional and the modern in a heritage land, which over the last years have been crossed by symbols and cultural references forced by the intensification of globalization. The methodology of this research include a bibliographical review on the subject, two field studies, semi-structured interviews with residents and tourists in Cidade de Goiás, spatialisation of data on maps and photographic records of the analyzed territories. The results point out that identity constructions are always plural and built. Often identities are reduced or generalized in the name of a possible representation of a territory, a people or a nation. It was also noted that even when little perceived in the political and cultural spheres, identities are used strategically to control territories and construct stereotypes about people, places and things.