Memória da cidade: aspectos infomemorial para a construção do obituário da avenida João Machado na cidade de João Pessoa/PB

Abstract

Cities constitute potentially memorial repertoires. They are residues of historical processes more permanent than the activity that produced them, a way to relive a past that can no longer be experienced. In this sense, this research considers the past as a reflection of already occurred social experiences capable of contributing as testimony of the social transformations that occurred in the city of João Pessoa. The general objective is to analyze the architectural heritage of Avenida João Machado in the City of João Pessoa from the perspective of memory and information. Methodologically, a qualitative documentary approach was adopted, associated with documentary analysis, aiming to analyze the reports contained in the newspaper A União, as well as the listing processes of the Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute of the State of Paraíba. The results, based on the analysis of the published reports, point to a narrative of erasure of the memory of the neighborhoods of Jaguaribe and Centro due to the migration of the traditional population towards the beaches and suburbs of the city. A preliminary analysis reveals a scenario of memories and information that, despite having gone through the process of heritage recognition, from a legal point of view, sometimes constitute obituaries, the result of a constant remembering and forgetting.