Uma proposta para o estudo histórico-geográfico dos rios: o exemplo do rio Uruguai durante o fim da consolidação agroindustrial do Oeste Catarinense (1982 a 1985)

Abstract

The interest in the environment of the western region of the state of Santa Catarina as an object of scientific studies has been growing in recent years, not only by natural sciences researchers but also by the humanities researchers from a historical perspective. However, there is a large gap in studies of this strain regarding studies on rivers and water bodies, especially when we refer to the Uruguay River. That said, the present monograph consists of a proposition for the historical-geographical study of the rivers, especially from an environmental perspective, as well as the exercise of the proposition having as object of analysis the transformations of the Uruguay River during the end (1982 - 1985 ) of the Agroindustrial Consolidation of Santa Catarina western, started in 1962. The proposal is articulated as a compendium of contributions from disciplines that discuss space-time transformations, such as Geography History, Environmental History and Geohistory, based on three pillars: apprehension of time in periodizations; the ways of interaction between humans and space; and ways of apprehending the past, an element of coalescence among those perspectives. The application of the proposition in relation to our object brought valuable articulations, so that we understand the period treated as a conjuncture, the technical objects created as structures and the expressions of environmental degradation as events and we articulate this to human intentions and the valuations applied on nature. Finally, this work is constituted as a proposal, so it is subject to review, articulation with other proposals and is open to the contribution of other researchers.