O discurso colonizador no documento "Vale do Rio Uruguai-Cidade de Chapecó (Década 1950)

Abstract

This research is an analysis of the “Vale do rio Uruguai - Cidade de Chapecó” documentary through points of cultural geography and the analysis of the documentary as a historical source. The documentary presents the wood cycle in the West region of Santa Catarina, and the urban infrastructure of Chapecó in the early 1950s, under a colonizing and elitist vision. The research of this documentary is important due to the lack of materials produced about it since its content addresses the period when the wood sector still dominated the regional economy and the initial period of Chapecó planning and shows a unilateral perspective on economic and urban development. After the lynching event, the concern with transmitting a positive image of the region made the difficulties and social problems always present in Chapecó to be ignored. To carry out this research, we will use the documentary and analyze the biased way in which these facts are presented.