Dust of progress calls for passage

nature and development images in the Amazon Rainforest

Authors

  • Rômulo de Paula Andrade Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-02672018v26e14

Keywords:

Development, Press History, Amazon History

Abstract

Between 1958 and 1960, the main project of the government of Juscelino Kubitschek for the Amazon region was built: the Transbrasiliana, or Belém-Brasília Highway. With the opening of more than two thousand kilometers of road in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, the project was criticized by opposition media. Faced with this question, the press in favor of the Kubitschek government was activated to produce materials favorable to the enterprise. This article aims to analyze the images produced by these reports. Through them, it is also possible to analyze the relationships between the development projects of this period and the nature, as well as how the Amazon region was seen by the Kubitschek government.

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Author Biography

  • Rômulo de Paula Andrade, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

    Pesquisador e docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em História das Ciências e da Saúde pela Casa de Oswaldo Cruz (FioCruz). Mestre e Doutor em História das Ciências e da Saúde pela mesma instituição.

Published

2018-10-11

Issue

Section

Material Culture Studies

How to Cite

ANDRADE, Rômulo de Paula. Dust of progress calls for passage: nature and development images in the Amazon Rainforest. Anais do Museu Paulista: História e Cultura Material, São Paulo, v. 26, p. e14, 2018. DOI: 10.1590/1982-02672018v26e14. Disponível em: https://www.periodicos.usp.br/anaismp/article/view/151039.. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.