Os operários do Barão : um diálogo sobre imagens, memórias e condições de existência do operariado brasileiro a partir do caso de Rio Tinto no século XX

Abstract

Through the exercise of a visual and dialogical anthropology with a group of retired workers from Rio Tinto, PB, residents in Barão do Triunfo street, this research aims to elucidate aspects related to the processes of constitution and preservation of the worker's memory, and the particularities of this case of labor exploitation in the region. An example of a system of domination promoted by autarchy, marked by a strong control of the workers everyday, the Rio Tinto factory nucleus reveals specificities in its constitution that can be better described and clarified by the investigation of the memory of the local proletariat. In addition to understanding the particularities of Rio Tinto's workers existence, as it is apprehended and described by the protagonists of this history, the research also aims to probe the knowledge about methodologies that may contribute to the study of similar topics.