CULTURAL AND TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT POLITICS IN THE VITÓRIA DA CONQUISTA IDENTITY TERRITORY: one geographic analysis of projects and researches location logic

Abstract

Bahia State was divided in Identity Territories in 2007, in a regional division proposal that intends to embody the sentiments of pertaining and identity of each region inhabitants. This article intents to analyses how the region division process happened, with the focus in the territorial and cultural development politics and its link with state, region and municipal politics recognizing popular knowledge and the know haw as research sources. This work intends to give voice to cultural agents and culture municipal managers as well as the politics formulators on the state secretaries, analyzing the case of Vitória da Conquista Territory. There were bibliographic and secondary data gatherings on libraries, newspapers archives and public agencies sites. Also there were made interviews twice in Vitória da Conquista, Poções and Barra do Choça cities. The conclusion is that there are different opinions enter the involved agents about the current process of region division and cultural politics development, that is positive to enforce and provoke changes on process. Thus the Vitória da Conquista Territory affirms and contradicts itself while the agents become conscious of their functions and identities and the enforcement of regional culture becoming with the society and artist performances that gives value and keeps the culture alive more than the public politics.