Lugar, identidade e memória: narrativas acerca do ontem (década de 1990) e do hoje (2021) dos processos emancipacionistas de Arroio do Padre/RS e Triunfo do Sul – Pelotas/RS

Abstract

In 1988, with the promulgation of the Federal Constitution, several municipalities were created throughout Brazil. In Rio Grande do Sul, this was not different. In Pelotas/RS, two emancipationist processes began in 1995. One process envisioning the emancipation of the current municipality of Arroio do Padre/RS, and the other, the locality of Triunfo do Sul – Pelotas/RS. Thus, the objective of this work is to analyze how the emancipationist processes of Arroio do Padre and Triunfo do Sul influenced the relationship of residents with their place and identity, based on perceptions of the past and present. To do so, in this work, the methodology of oral history and documentary analysis, with a qualitative approach, is used. And having the phenomenology and the investigation method of the case study as the method of analysis. It is also emphasized that the guiding concepts of this research are place, identity and memory. In this sense, the narratives of the people who were interviewed helped in the understanding that the emancipationist processes of the aforementioned locations established feelings that were much higher than the feeling of victory or defeat, caused by the result of the plebiscitary consultation. These emancipatory projects influenced the relationship of the subjects of this research with the perception of place and identity, in addition to evoking memories of the 1990s.