As alegorias do poder e o direito à memória: a apropriação simbólica do espaço livre público em Campina Grande - PB.

Abstract

Grounding the right to memory as the axis of the right to the city reveals the need to think of the urban as a politically produced space. Thus, urban equipments are vectors of historical narratives whose memory is produced as a socially disputed phenomenon. In this way, the need to favor collective and diverse memory in the process of democratization of cities is emphasized. The eminent symbolic appropriation of the public open space through the policy of denomination of squares, parks and monuments becomes an object of investigation, noting that there is a strategic interest of local political groups to institute a memory that pays homage to former city of Campina Grande, or other states. This research had an investigation of 33 (thirty three) Laws that justify the choice of the honorees in squares, parks and monuments of Campina Grande, from the method of discourse analysis. It also counted on the field research with the photographic record of public open spaces, and the application of a questionnaire through online to the population, in order to evaluate if the users of these spaces appropriate and recognize the official denominations designated by the City Hall of Campina Great. As a result, the research revealed a denomination policy that prioritizes a family memory, elitist, patrimonialist and masculine. Moreover, the application of the questionnaire signaled the existence of popular denominations that subvert the order instituted by the State and resignify the memory, leading it to meet the collective identities and the common imaginary.