A REFERENCE IN THE SOUTH-CENTRAL REGION OF THE STATE”: THE CONSTITUTION OF PICOS AS A MODEL CITY OF PIAUÍ (1966–1994)
Picos-PI; model city; periodicalpress.
Thisstudyaimstounderstandhow Picos becamethe “model city of Piauí.” Tothisend, it seekstoanalyzethemomentwhenthecitybegantobepromoted as a model, investigatingthehistorical, economic, andpoliticalcircumstancesthatmadethispossible, as well as theelementsconcealedtosustainthisimage. The researchisqualitative in natureand uses as sourcesthenewspapersO Dia, Santo Forte, O Estado, Macambira, Jornal do Piauí, Tribuna de Picos, andJornal de Picos, in additiontothe magazine Picos 100 anos: 1890–1990. It alsodrawson data fromthe Municipal HumanDevelopment Index (IDHM) andtheAtlas da Exclusão Social no Piauí: a herança deixada, withtheaim of analyzingtheregion’ssocioeconomicconditions. The theoretical framework isbasedonthecontributions of David Harvey (2005), regardingtherise of urbanentrepreneurshipfromthe 1970s; Fernanda Sánchez (2010), onthetransformation of citiesinto commodities; and Patrick Charaudeau (2011), whounderstandsthemedia as enterprisesthat, throughdiscursivestrategies, producespecificvisions of reality.