Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: YERLLON VINICIUS SOUTO OLIVEIRA

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : YERLLON VINICIUS SOUTO OLIVEIRA
DATE: 31/03/2026
TIME: 15:00
LOCAL: Google Meet
TITLE:

The semiarid hinterland as a geographical category in the works of Manuel Correia de Andrade

KEY WORDS:

Manuel Correia de Andrade; Sertão; Northeast; Brazilian social thought.

PAGES: 66
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Geografia
SUMMARY:

Manuel Correia de Andrade stands as one of the most important scholars in the human sciences

in twentieth-century Brazil, particularly in the field of Geography. His studies, marked by

interdisciplinarity and a significant focus on agrarian and regional issues, enabled the development

of a vast body of work on the Brazilian context, especially concerning the Northeast and its

contrasts. Considering his formative background, Andrade conducted important studies on the

formative aspects of the Northeastern subregions — Zona da Mata, Agreste, Sertão, and Meio

Norte — particularly the sertanejo space, attributing to it his own characteristics and interpretations

regarding the Northeastern hinterland. Thus, this research centers on how Manuel Correia de

Andrade constructs and analyzes the geographical category of the sertão, contributing to the

theoretical convergence between “sertão” and “Semi-arid” in the process of “Northeasternization”

of the sertanejo category and its incorporation into Northeastern regionalism. Furthermore, drawing

on a category widely debated within Brazilian social thought, this study questions Manuel Correia

de Andrade’s participation in the debates on the sertão within the scope of Northeastern

regionalism, considering the physical and social characteristics mobilized by the author to construct 

a particular space in his extensive scientific production. To this end, qualitative analyses of the

author’s works and personal archives are required, including letters from his intellectual network,

book marginalia, documents, interviews, and other materials that provide a basis for delineating a

trajectory of thought and the construction of the sertão in Andrade’s work. The author’s personal

documents are examined through the collections available at the Hemeroteca Digital and at the

Institute of Brazilian Studies (IEB/USP), which holds an extensive body of materials on Manuel

Correia, enabling a study that goes beyond his published works and advances into archival

research and personal collections.

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