O Garimpo no Vale do Araguaia na década de 90: Mitos, Representações e Imaginário

Abstract

This research seeks to inform readers of how the multicultural space of prospector works , the way of life, rites, beliefs and symbols that are part of this context in the gold mining region of the Vale do Araguaia, Aragarças municipality, state of Goiás, in the 1990s. It will be applyed the concepts of culture, myths, representations and imagery as a way to address a social reality narrated in part by chronic based on the sources of oral history with an emphasis and highlights the advent of the new Cultural History, with its strands oriented studies and appreciation of cultural minorities, this is one in which, before overlooked by traditional historians. This research meets its aim within its bounds whose categorization will be an applied, descriptive and explanatory form. And the approach to the problem involves the qualitative method because it seeks to interpret the phenomena from the understanding of their inter-relationships and examines the cultural coexistence within the mining. Techniques and procedures will be used for both the research literature, the research participant with the oral interviews by data collection applied to miners and former miners. The data will be also collected through research in archives of public bodies of the municipality. Include participant observation and non-participant, using a questionnaire with open questions using the form to be completed by the researcher before the informant. Therefore, the fruit of this production aims to contribute socially informative and enlightening as a tool that helps in the pursuit of scientific knowledge and demystifies the world of mining to romance, common sense and prejudices formed on top of gold mining activity and mining man, who turn, the social scene is fading due to bans these activities in Brazil, leading multinational mining companies. Why there was a concern to record these historical facts to perpetuate the importance that the mines were in the process of economic and social growth of the country and that this story comes to the attention of future generations.