Banca de DEFESA: WIRENILZA DO NASCIMENTO LIMA

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : WIRENILZA DO NASCIMENTO LIMA
DATE: 01/10/2026
TIME: 14:30
LOCAL: sala do PGTEC
TITLE:

WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT: From Movie Palaces to the Vestiges of Natal/RN's Street Cinemas (1895-2026)

KEY WORDS:

Cinema; modernity; cinematic vestiges; RN-Brazil

PAGES: 168
BIG AREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
AREA: Arquitetura e Urbanismo
SUBÁREA: Fundamentos de Arquitetura e Urbanismo
SPECIALTY: História da Arquitetura e Urbanismo
SUMMARY:

The historical trajectory of street cinemas in Natal outlines a cycle intimately linked to the transformations of the city itself. Initially, cinema emerged as an amenity restricted to the bourgeois and intellectual elites, operating as the ultimate symbol of desired modernity and urban progress. Subsequently, this circuit democratized and expanded into adjacent neighborhoods, establishing itself as an authentic space for mass culture and popular leisure. Ultimately, urban restructuring and shifting consumption habits led these old buildings to abandonment, turning them into ruins and material remnants that endure within the contemporary landscape. Thus, what does the life cycle of street cinemas in Natal, transitioning from an elite monument to a mass space and, finally, to a ruined remnant, reveal about the contradictions and socio-spatial impacts in the development of the potiguar capital? It is assumed that street cinemas were integral to the modernization project, social dynamics, and territorial expansion of Natal. This study analyzes the correlation between the life cycle of these venues (1898–2026) and the transformations of the urban fabric. The methodology combined documentary research in newspapers and official records, to examine how the local press covered the establishment, trajectory, and decline of the movie theaters, along with mapping and photographic surveys of the remaining buildings. The results demonstrate that cinemas exerted a strong influence on the construction of the city, an impact that remains visible to this day through their physical traces on the urban landscape.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 347654 - ANGELA LUCIA DE ARAUJO FERREIRA
Interno - ***.093.034-** - DIOGO CARDOSO BARRETTO - UFRN
Interno - 1345114 - JOSE CLEWTON DO NASCIMENTO
Externo à Instituição - GIOVANNI ROBERTO PROTÁSIO BENTES FILHO