Geografia da violência: um olhar geográfico sobre as paisagens do medo em Arapiraca - AL

Abstract

The present work of course completion aims to analyze the changes imposed by the violence in the city of Arapiraca-AL, through the landscapes of fear. The research was carried out initially, based on the reading of theoretical and conceptual aspects related to the notions of violence and landscapes of fear, based on researchers such as Bauman (2009), Caldeira (2000), Freitas (2010), Jacobs (2004) ), Morais (1990), Souza (2008), and others. In addition, books of specific studies on the subject to be addressed have also been used, among which we can mention Confidence and fear in the city, liquid fear, what is urban violence, death and life of big cities, city walls and etc. In a second moment, a study on the expansion of the violence in that city was made, analyzing the causes and the reasons that led Arapiraca to be the second most violent city of the State. In addition to other issues such as the historical territorial expansion of the city and all its growth as a result of the tobacco industry, which was one of the factors responsible for its economic growth. In the third and last moment, we observe the transformations occurring in the urban landscape of the city and the way in which the population uses the urban space, making the landscape in its own image, through safety equipment, and producing a new space of events. In addition, we seek to understand the mechanisms that have led to the rise of violence and the progressive segregation in the most dangerous neighborhoods. With the results obtained, it was possible to notice the presence of the landscapes of the fear in several localities of the city in question. Thus, we tried to understand why the walls, the gates, the locks, the condominiums and the scabrous and nervous spaces of the city of the city of Arapiraca.