A fotografia como documento e informação e o papel dos fotógrafos populares na construção da memória de favelas

Abstract

Research on popular photography in Rio de Janeiro, specifically in the Favelas da Maré and do Alemão, with the aim of verifying the contribution of popular photographers to the memory of these communities. The Images of the People and Memories of the Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento (PAC) projects are studied, as well as the activities of popular photographers in the exercise of their profession. Exploratory research, with the Maré and do Alemão favelas and their respective photography projects as their study environment. The theoretical foundations are directed to the historical aspects of photography and, in Information Science, to photography as a document and information and its contribution to social memory in favelas. Empirical research, through questionnaires, aims to verify whether the photographs of popular photographers undergo organization, technical processing and information retrieval, enabling access to information from photographs, whether printed or digital. The research highlights the importance of popular photographers for the social memory of Favelas da Maré and do Alemão, as they record people, spaces and events in favelas