THE CITY TRANSFORMS: ''WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THAT IN OUR HOUSE!''

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.2164172419089

• Palavras-chave: History and memory; urban occupation; migration.

• Keywords: History and memory; urban occupation; migration.

• Abstract:

  Part of the conclusions of the thesis defended in 2017 at ``Universidade Federal do Ceará`` were analyzed when the migration of peasants to Sobral between 1950 and 1980, then the most populous city in the interior of Ceará according to IBGE-1950, was analyzed, aiming to understand the ways of migrants occupy and recreate the urban space and the state interventions that this space suffered in the period, when it was observed that the customs linked to the river that crosses the city were changing with sanitary modernization, affecting the values of the interviewees. Before the water went through sanitary treatment from the public water and sewage service and reached homes directly, washing clothes, taking a shower, getting water from the river while interacting with neighbors and friends was pleasurable and fun; With the changes, these habits began to be abandoned mainly due to the distance and awareness that the waters were contaminated. CERTEAU, 1994; HAESBAERT, 2005; SAQUET, 2010 and the migrants collaborated with the analysis of “space practices”.