História e memória: um estudo sobre a urbanização e modernização na cidade de Oeiras no jornal O Cometa (1971–1975)

Abstract

This paper proposes an analysis of the memory created in the publications of the newspaper O Cometa, which discussed signs of modernity in the city of Oeiras. It will emphasize studies on urbanization in the city, seeking to critique the discourses of the periodical used as research source. The objective is to problematize the newspaper´s approaches to the urbanization and modernization of the first capital of Piaui in the 1970s. Thefore, this work aims to deconstruct the newspaper´s publications regarding innovations in the urban environment of Oeiras. It attempts to news outlet´s interpretations concerning the changes in Oeiras. The paper will be divided into three topics: thhe first will discuss the beginning of the city´s urbanization according to the periodical studie here. The next topic will cover the struggle to preserve the name of Oeiras in 1943 and its relationship with the urban changes that ocurred in the city in the 1970s. Finally, the last topic will problematize the urban innovations of the 1970s that were announced the newspaper.