Abstract

BIEGING, Patricia. BLUMENAU AND THE MEMORIES OF MARIA: THE FLOODS OF 1980 DECADE FROM LIFE EXPERIENCES. Psicol. rev. (Belo Horizonte) [online]. 2017, vol.23, n.1, pp. 220-236. ISSN 1677-1168.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5752/P.1678-9563.2017v23n1p220-236.

This paper brings forth the memories of Maria from the great floods, which occurred in the city of Blumenau in 1983-84. Our aim is to put events in the foreground, which as of yet, have not been etched into the "official" city history. This study follows qualitative methods based on Oral History. Data having been collected through in-depth interviews. It is possible to conclude that Maria acts at times as a protagonist and as an eye-witness at other times, bringing a memory that prints out not only the tragedy of the events, but also the later rescuing of German cultural and heritage roots. Although Maria puts forward evidence of the harsh reality she lived through at the time, she seems distanced from them in her discourse. The suffering of others shown as greater. This can be seen when radio and word-of-mouth accounts are reproduced, taking greater dimensions than her own tragic experience

Keywords : Individual memory; Collective memory; Oral history; Social construction.

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