Rugosidades e imagens de Paulo Afonso – BA: os lugares histórico-geográficos como sínteses de consolidação da terra da energia

Abstract

The advancement of technology in civil construction is intrinsically linked to the need to have more This paper seeks to present a study of urban historiography with a focus on cultural landscapes from representative images of the city of Paulo Afonso, Sertão da Bahia. The general objective of the research is to analyze, through a theoretical contribution, the historical and geographical foundations of the Paulo Afonso's landscape, represented by the Urban Geography and Cultural Geography, especially the roughnesses and the local images as synthesis places of the city, which guided this work in the sense of the Geography of symbolic forms. Through perception and affirmation, supported by history and literature, the city is known for the production of electricity, with the Companhia Hidro Elétrica do São Francisco - Chesf being inserted in its territory, which gives it the title of Land of Energy. The methodology used in this work was based on exploratory research and bibliographic survey, articulated to the theoretical foundations of authors of Geography and the analysis categories, landscape and place, and other areas, such as Callai (2002), Corrêa (2007 and 2011), Fortuna (1997), Holzer (1999), Lynch (2005), Santos (1988 and 2006) and Tuan (1977 and 1979), in addition to historical foundations of researchers and local and regional historians such as Galdino (2017) and Lima (2017). Moreover, the imagetic reading, the essence that gives the title to this work, that is, the analysis and interpretation of images, is part throughout this production. The practical research process was also composed of narratives of local personalities who work and who were part of the history of Paulo Afonso, in what includes different social agents, articulated by elements of the empirical and supported in their lived experiences, with the purpose of collecting narratives that enriched this work and contributed in the statement about the local history of the city of Paulo Afonso, consolidated as the Land of Energy. The historical development between the city of Paulo Afonso and the Company left representative landmarks, symbol of the presence of the man of the past, today, object of comprehension, affirmation and perception of the man of the present. For more, the work was developed in five chapters, each, with its objectives, particularities and contributions along this research problem.