American topophilia. Towards a concept of environmental heritage in Latin America

Abstract

From the omnipresence of American environment –the Hylea of Humboldt- it’s necessary to postulate the preponderance of an environmental heritage (as a manifest of the relationship Society/Nature) in ace of a classic concept of cultural heritage,¡. The notion of environmental heritage implies a conception of heritage that doesn’t involve collectionism or privatism; therefore, ultimately, it leads to a non-objectifying and non-classificatory vision of concrete and select parts of the materiality susceptible of acquiring heritage values due to their differences.