PARQUE OESTE INDUSTRIAL EM GOIÂNIA (GO): UM LUGAR DE MEMÓRIAS, VIVÊNCIAS E EXPERIÊNCIAS (2004-2005)

Abstract

This dissertation seeks to analyze and understand the episode of occupation / evacuation of an area located in the Parque Oeste Industrial neighborhood in Goiânia-GO, which began in May 2004 and ended violently in February 2005 with two deaths and hundreds of injured people. The conflict had a national repercussion and mobilized various sectors of society such as unions, employers, the press, councilors, deputies, social and popular movements, among others. The analysis of the conflict takes place in dialogue with the discourse of modernity that for decades presented Goiânia as an example of progress and a guarantee of a good quality of life. In the initial chapter we chose to reconstruct the founding discourse of the city, evaluating how the concept of modernity was present in power disputes and electoral battles at different historical moments. In the second chapter the history and memory of the West Industrial Park conflict was recovered and from the researched sources it is presented the violence undertaken by the Military Policy and possible cases of violation of human rights in the vacating of the land. Another aspect analyzed in this chapter addresses how public and private interests compete for the current city model and whether constitutional rights are being realized for the population. In the third and final chapter, a brief analysis is made of the role of the press in contemporary society, observing its interests and relations with economic groups and political power. From this reading it is sought to understand how the newspaper O Popular represented the conflict and that how this representation may have influenced the collective memory of the goiana and goianiense society. The work shows the perspective of applying new methodologies in political history and in the critical analysis of news stories, contributing to the rescue of the History of Goiás and Brazil