As charqueadas sul-brasileiras em Bagé/RS: um estudo de caso sobre a espacialização dos complexos fabris das Vilas Industrial e Santa Thereza

Abstract

This dissertatiom aims to build a historical narrative that expands the current discussions about the complex formed by Vilas Industrial e Santa Thereza, located in the city of Bagé/Rio Grande do Sul. This investigation dialogues with diferente historical soures, which help to understand and analyze the spatiality of the complex, highlighting the plurality of meanings that new ways of seeing history can assume. Thus, the work intends to stimulate the production of an approach about the complex, which studies the spaces and buildings related to the daily life of its residentes, which can often go unnoticed in processes of patrimonialization of assets of cultural value. The approximation of different sources of investigation researched, such as testimonies and photographs, alllowed to know the production os the space, the social relations and the functioning of the factory complex, becoming an instrument to carry out approximations to the social reality at the time. The methodological paths of this study include a bibliographic review in primary and secundary sources, the collection of textual and iconographic data in teaching and research institutions and conducting interviews to obtain testimonials from interlocutors who lived (or live) in the place. The historical approximation of material culture permeates the analysis of records, interweaving press reports with cartographic documents, photographs, reports and impressions of current residents. The adopted approach allowed understanding about the spatiality and some particularities of the establishments. It is hoped that this work will contribute to broaden the understanding of the implementation of charqueadas sul-rio-grandenses on the border of Brazil from the daily life os its residentes.