Defiant Geographies: Race & Urban Space in 1920s Rio de Janeiro by Lorraine Leu

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-215
Author(s):  
Jamie L. Worms
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Rio De Janeiro

Categorias analíticas do espaço e Turismo: o exemplo da Fortaleza de Santa Cruz, Niterói/RJ

GEOgraphia ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Ângelo Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Guanabara Bay ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Spatial Dynamic ◽  
Santa Cruz ◽  
Military Installations ◽  
The City

O objetivo que permeia a presente pesquisa é utilizar a Fortaleza de Santa Cruz, localizada no bairro de Jurujuba, em Niterói, construída em 1555, na entrada da barra da Baía de Guanabara, como foco de antílise, ressaltando a importância deste fixo social enquanto atração turística e de lazer, incluindo a cidade de Niterói no circuito destas atividades, complementares à cidade do Rio de Janeiro; além de abordar conceitos e categorias analíticas, oriundos das ciências sociais, principalmente provenientes da Geografia, pertinentes ao estudo das atividades em tela. Neste contexto, na dinâmica espacial da cidade de Niterói, o processo de mudança de função dos fixos sociais têm sido extraordinário. Residencias unifamiliares, prédios e até mesmo fortificações militares, verdadeiras monumentalidades, foram refuncionalizadas, passando por um processo de turistificação. Assim, a refuncionalização da respectiva Fortaleza em espaço cultural toma-se um importante atrativo da história, do patrimônio, da cultura, marcando no espaço urbano sua expressões e monumentalidade, criada pelo homem como símbolo de seus ideais, objetivos e atos, constituindo-se em um legado as gerações futuras, formando um elo entre passado, presente e futuro. Abstract This paper focuses on Santa Cruz Fortress, built in 1555 in Jurujuba (Niterói), to guard the entrance of Guanabara bay, and stresses its role as a towist attraction and leisure' area, as a social fix which links the city of Niterói to the complementary circuit of these activities in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The study uses important concepts and analytic categories fiom social sciences, particularly fiom Geography.In the spatial dynamic of the city of Niterói, change in functions of social fuces has been extraordinary. Single-family dwellings, buildings and even military installations have been re-functionalized, undergoing a process of touristification. In that way, the refunctionalization of the Fortress as a cultural space provides an important attraction in the domains of history, patrimony, and culture, providing the urban space with an expression of monumentality, created by man as a symbol of his ideals, aims and actions, a legacy to future generations forming a link between past, present and future.

Sociocultural History of Rio de Janeiro

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo Cruz Terra ◽  
Marcelo de Souza Magalhães
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Common People ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Sociocultural History ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Political Associations ◽  
The City

The city of Rio de Janeiro underwent profound changes between 1870 and the early 20th century. Its population grew dramatically, attracting migrants not only from abroad but also from other regions of Brazil. It also expanded significantly in size, as the construction of trolley and railway lines and the introduction of real estate capital powered the occupation of new areas. Meanwhile, urban reforms aimed at modernization transformed the social ways in which urban space was used. During this period, Rio de Janeiro went from being the capital of the Brazilian Empire to being the capital of the Brazilian Republic. It nevertheless maintained its position as the cultural, political-administrative, commercial, and financial center of the country. Against this backdrop of change, the city was an important arena for the political struggles that marked the period, including demonstrations in favor of abolition and the republic. Rio de Janeiro’s citizens were not inert during this period of transformation, and they found various ways to take action and fight for what they understood to be their rights. Protests, demands, petitions, and a vibrant life organized around social and political associations are examples of the broad repertoire used by the city’s inhabitants to gain a voice in municipal affairs. Citizens’ use of public demands and petitions as a channel to communicate with the authorities, and especially with city officials, shows that while they did not necessarily shun formal politics, they understood politics to be a sphere for dialogue and dispute. The sociocultural history of Rio de Janeiro during this period was therefore built precisely through confrontations and negotiations in which the common people played an active role.

scholarly journals A SEMIOSFERA DA CIDADE DE SALVADOR COMO MODELO DE SEMIÓTICA DA CULTURA/ REPRESENTATIONS OF SALVADOR IN CONTEMPORARY BRAZILIAN LITERATURE: FOR A MODEL OF URBAN GEOPOETICS

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lícia Soares de SOUZA
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Long Memory ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
National Council ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Porto Alegre ◽  
Brazilian Literature ◽  
Cultural Mobility

Resumo: Este texto mostra as bases de um projeto apresentado ao CNPQ para renovação de bolsa de produtividade em pesquisa. O objetivo é o de analisar formações geopoéticas (R. BOUVET) de uma série de narrativas romanescas ambientadas na cidade de Salvador, suscetíveis de construir uma memória longa, com base na recuperação de linguagens oriundas de blocos memoriais em circulação na semiosfera (I. LOTMAN) urbana da Bahia. Nesse sentido, busca-se compor um corpus de romances, produzidos a partir dos anos 1980 até os dias atuais que tenham a cidade de Salvador como cenário. Pensa-se em proceder ao levantamento e à averiguação de obras que inscrevam o espaço urbano soteropolitano na rede estética nacional, que reflete as grandes contradições de uma modernização que insiste na exclusão social, onde já existem exemplos representando outras metrópoles como Rio de Janeiro, Recife, São Paulo, Porto Alegre, entre outras. No presente texto, a ênfase é posta na obra de Inês Pedrosa, A eternidade e o desejo (2008) que põe em confronto espaços de violência da cidade antiga e da cidade moderna, vista através dos sermões do padre Antônio Vieira. Quer-se flagrar o trabalho de mobilidade cultural apto a manifestar as transformações que ocorrem nos espaços urbanos soteropolitanos. Palavras chave: Geopoética urbana. Salvador. Memória longa. Semiosfera. Mobilidade cultural. Inês Pedrosa. Abstract: This text depicts the basis of a project presented to CNPQ- National Council for Scientific ant Technological Development- in order to renew research financing. Its aim is to analyse poetical formations (R. BOUVET) in narrative series in the city Salvador. These series can build a long memory dealing with memorial blocs that circulate in the urban semiosphery (I. LOTMAN) of Bahia. In this manner, we wish to compose a corpus of contemporary novels (from the 1980’ until now) with Salvador as scenary. We intend to investigate the works that show the big contradictions of modernization that insist on keeping social exclusions as depicted in others novels of Rio de Janeiro, Recife, São Paulo and Porto Alegre. In this text, we will emphasize one work of Inês Pedrosa, A eternidade e o desejo (2008), that confronts violent spaces in the old and the modern city that are described through Antonio Vieira’s sermons. We want to catch the work of cultural mobility that is able to manifest the transformations going on in urban space of Salvador. Key Words: Urban geopoetic. Salvador. Long memory. Semiosphery. Cultural mobility. Inês Pedrosa.

scholarly journals EDUCAÇÃO DECOLONIAL:

2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 05-32
Author(s):  
Letícia dos Santos Ferreira ◽  
Mariana Vieira de Brito
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
Black History ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Technological Education ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site

O presente artigo parte da sistematização das práticas pedagógicas interdisciplinares (Geografia e História) realizadas ao longo do ano de 2019 no Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca (CEFET), Unidade Maria da Graça (Rio de Janeiro), para dialogar e debater as questões raciais e o ensino decolonial. Nesse intuito, foram realizadas três saídas de campo: primeiramente para o Museu Nacional de Bela Artes, em seguida ao sítio inscrito pela UNESCO como Patrimônio Mundial, conhecido como Pequena África e por fim a região da Praça XV de Novembro. A atividade trouxe novos olhares a respeito da paisagem da cidade do Rio de Janeiro e levou os discentes a refletirem sobre mudanças e permanências no uso do espaço urbano. Essas mediações ganharam corpo através de uma série de publicações realizadas pelos alunos nas redes sociais.  Palavras-chave Praça VX, Interdisciplinaridade, Educação étnico-racial, Paisagem carioca.   DECOLONIAL EDUCATION: the landscape and the black History in the narratives of downtown Rio de Janeiro Abstract This article starts from the systematization of interdisciplinary pedagogical practices (Geography and History) carried out throughout 2019 at the Federal Center for Technological Education Celso Suckow da Fonseca (CEFET), Maria da Graça Unit, to dialogue and debate on racial issues and the decolonial teaching. With this in mind, three field trips were made: first to the National Museum of Fine Arts, then to the UNESCO World Heritage site known as Little Africa and finally to the Praça XV de Novembro region. The activity brought new perspectives on the landscape of the city of Rio de Janeiro and led students to reflect on changes and permanencies in the use of urban space. These mediations were embodied through a series of publications made by students on social networks. Keywords Praça VX, Interdisciplinarity, Racial ethnic education, Rio landscap.

scholarly journals Street Food, Urban Space, and Gender: Working on the Streets of Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro (1830–1870)

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (S27) ◽  
pp. 229-254
Author(s):  
Melina Teubner
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Food Culture ◽  
African Women ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Global Networks ◽  
Port Area ◽  
Local Actors

AbstractThis article focuses on African women (Quitandeiras) who worked in the food sector of the fast-growing port city of Rio de Janeiro during the first half of the nineteenth century. The growing need to supply the harbour workers as well as the crews and captives on the slave ships stimulated the food economy in Rio de Janeiro. The absence of effective government food infrastructure offered opportunities for small businesses. The maritime world on a ship was, in many ways, male. However, there were a high number of female workers in the ports, especially in the informal food sector, frequently mentioned by contemporary authors. This article analyses the involvement of these women as part of a growing working class, who contributed to Rio de Janeiro's crucial role in global networks. The research also focuses on the formation of self-organized groups of female vendors. Thus, it provides further insights into strategies of local actors. By grouping together, the women gained some measure of protection, which empowered them to survive in a difficult and highly competitive market. Through their activities, they also changed the urban space of the port area, leaving their mark on it. They acted as crucial vectors for establishing different diaspora dishes, which met huge demand among many consumers. In doing so, they contributed to the formation of an African-American food culture on the streets of Rio de Janeiro.

Cinematic Vistas of Rio de Janeiro’s Worldly Modernity

2018 ◽  
pp. 39-57
Author(s):  
Maite Conde
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
Early Cinema ◽  
Global Capital ◽  
The City

This chapter draws upon and contributes to discussions about the homologous relationship between early cinema and urban space. It focuses on the ways in which the introduction and development of film in Brazil was part of a project of urban transformation that took place in the country’s then capital, Rio de Janeiro, at the start of the twentieth century, which was intended to transform the city into a modern and global capital. This project of urban transformation was modeled on Haussmann’s Parisian reforms. Analyzing early actuality films, the chapter examines how the foreign medium’s arrival was inscribed and implicated in Rio’s modern transformation, helping to map and project its new image as a modern urban capital.

scholarly journals Entre a rua e o bairro: etnografia de um espaço em movimento

ILUMINURAS ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (36) ◽  
Author(s):  
Natália Helou Fazzioni
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
The Way

Este artigo considera a dinâmica do bairro da Lapa, no Rio de Janeiro, e propõe um recorte metodológico possível para compreensão de espaços urbanos em processo de transformação, como este. Tais situações constituem-se de difícil apreensão por serem caracterizadas por um movimento de mudança, através do qual um conjunto de narrativas e práticas emanam e se afetam constantemente. A forma pela qual se apreendeu este movimento, neste caso, incluiu a análise de discursos públicos sobre o bairro, em paralelo a uma etnografia que privilegiou a observação da dinâmica de uma única rua. Ambas as perspectivas serão analisadas a partir de seus cruzamentos e pertinências para compreensão do processo de construção dos espaços e temporalidades da Lapa hoje.Palavras-chave: Espaço Urbano. Intervenções Urbanísticas. Etnografia.Between the street and the neighborhood: ethnography of a moving spaceAbstractThis paper considers the dynamics of Lapa district in Rio de Janeiro, and proposes a possible methodological approach to understand urban spaces in transformation process such as this. Such situations are themselves difficult to grasp because they are characterized by a movement of change through which a set of narratives and practices emanates and affects itself constantly. The way in which this movement seized in this case included the analysis of public discourse about the neighborhood, in parallel to an ethnography that focused on the observation of the dynamics of a single street. Both perspectives will be analyzed from their crosses and pertinence for understanding the process of construction of spaces and temporalities in Lapa today.Key Words: Urban Space. Urbanistic interventions. Ethnography. 

scholarly journals "A Urca é o paraíso dos cegos": mobilidade urbana, acesso à cidade e territorialização

ILUMINURAS ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (37) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia Von der Weid
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Visual Signals ◽  
Blind People ◽  
Urban Mobility ◽  
City Center ◽  
Urban Scenes ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City

A cidade do Rio de Janeiro, com quase 12 milhões de habitantes na região metropolitana, é a segunda maior aglomeração urbana do Brasil. O artigo propõe uma reflexão a respeito das relações sociais em espaços públicos estabelecidas nessa cidade entre pessoas cegas e outras pessoas que circulam por ruas de bairros como Centro, Copacabana ou o bairro da Urca. Ao abordar os deslocamentos e as relações sociais estabelecidas ao longo do percurso, procura-se traçar a impressão espacial e urbana de pessoas cegas e o fluxo dos seus itinerários. Como se constroem os trajetos e a ocupação espacial da cidade por pessoas cegas? Qual o uso que fazem dos transportes públicos? Quais são os cenários eleitos, os bairros frequentados e as dificuldades encontradas no caminho? Ao questionar as representações que pessoas cegas fazem dos cenários urbanos, os fatores que promovem e os fatores que restringem sua mobilidade, procura-se também desestabilizar uma compreensão do espaço urbano centrada no olhar. Busca-se incorporar na descrição dos lugares os seus aspectos vividos, os elementos, as materialidades e os sinais não-visuais que possibilitam sua apreensão.Palavras-chave: Cegueira. Corpo. Deslocamento. Cidade. Teritorialização."Urca is the paradise of the blind": urban mobility, acess to the city and territoryAbstractThe city of Rio de Janeiro, with nearly 12 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area, is the second largest urban agglomeration in Brazil. This paper proposes a reflection on the social relations in public spaces established in that city between blind people and other people moving through the streets of neighborhoods like the city center, Copacabana or Urca. Addressing the displacements and the social relations established along the route, the article seeks to trace the urban and spatial impressions of blind people and the flow of their itineraries. How the blinds build their paths and how they spatially occupy the city? What is their use of public transport? What are the elected scenarios, frequented neighborhoods and the difficulties they find in their way? By questioning the representations of urban scenes by blind people, the factors that promote and factors that restrict their mobility, we also seeks to destabilize an understanding of urban space focused on vision. We try to incorporate in the description of places their experienced aspects and the elements, materiality and non-visual signals that enable their apprehension.Keywords: Blindness. Body. Displacement. City. Territory. 

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