REPRESENTAÇÕES, PODERES E DISCURSOS SOBRE A AMAZÔNIA EM PERIÓDICOS ACREANOS E AMAZONENSES (1940-1960)
Abstract
This article aims to present the research path in development in the History doctoral degree program, of the Federal University of Amazon. The main initial objective of the thesis is based on understanding the speeches, power, and representation about/in Amazon through Journals from the Brazilian states of Amazon and Acre, between 1940 and 1960. An exposition of theoretical-methodological paths is carried out until the investigation phase that this research is now. The journals from the State of Acre and Amazonas constitute the primary sources of research, considering that other sources, classified as secondary, were incorporated in the investigation as well, such as the publications of the Historical and Geographical Brazilian Institute, a Brazilian Journal of Geography, speeches by public agents and works published by intellectuals of the time are the sources of this research. This set of sources is under analysis as narratives that reflect representations, powers, and discourses about the Amazon.
Keywords: Amazonia; periodicals, representations; powers; discourses.