Faróis da Costa Nordestina: olhares geográficos e históricos sobre os Faróis Marítimos no Nordeste Brasileiro.

• Autor(a) principal: Baez, Gustavo César Ojeda
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFPB
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/tede/5865
• topic: Faróis marítimos; Territórios; Comunidades Tradicionais; Lighthouses; Territories; Traditional Communities; CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::GEOCIENCIAS

This dissertation is aimed to analyze the changes observed in the social uses of lighthouses along the northeast coast of Brazil. We aim to develop geographical and historical approaches to better understand how these monuments have been used at present, within the new social demands were at the beginning of the XXI century. To perform the analysis we organized a historical retrospective on the occupation and use of coastal areas of Brazil, along with theoretical studies concerning the category of territory, fundamental to our discussions. We emphasize that, in addition to desk research, our study consisted of field research, where we could observe the interactions between local people and the headlights. We believe that this research was justified as it helped to organize a scientific knowledge on the subject, generating theoretical support to re-interpret the headlights while coastal monuments and heritage materials from Brazil. Finally, we found that besides material wealth, the lamps can be interpreted as cultural heritages of people living on the Brazilian coast.