01013nas a2200133   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002100001300043245006600056300001200122490000700134520072400141022001400865       2014                            d1 aA. Ellis00aHow can work culture and heritage as mechanisms of exclusion?  a137-1430 v123 aCulture, heritage and its use can be of great contribution to the progress of societies and reinforce the collective identity that a country wants to reflect, but often the exclusion of community members in developing these projects and commercial exploitation of heritage and historic sites can cause the modification or extinction of the same culture that wants to be highlighted. Such are the cases presented in this article about specific gentrification and exclusion situations related with the authenticity loss of the cultural values that want to be highlighted and sometimes forgetting that this culture and heritage have been created by the same communities and societies that in this cases are being excluded.  a1695-7121