O sentimento de pertencimento representado na história e na memória: um estudo sobre as designações da cidade de São Borja

Abstract

The topic of this study discusses the way the designations “Terra dos Presidentes” and “Sete Povos das Missões” are presented in the city of São Borja, RS. The general purpose is to comprehend and interpret how history and memory interfere with the territoriality issue. We used “Análise do Discurso: princípios e procedimentos” by ORLANDI (2015) as baseline to theoretical background. Hence, we tried to understand if those symbolical objects coexist or cancel each other in the discourses about the city, according to PETRI (2010). We also verified the connection between subject (São-Borjense) and their space (São Borja), using the territoriality issue, addressed in ORLANDI (2011). Lastly, we focus in history and memory as significant bonding, thus creating the feeling of belonging to a place, the “being at home”. Consequently, we propose an interpretation gesture through images of a catalog about São Borja and print screens of the video “Coisas de São Borja RS” and its comments. As findings, we observed juxtaposition as well as silencing of the designations and significant bonding between subject and city through history and memory, resulting on the feeling of belonging (territoriality). With the present study, we contributed with new possibilities of research from our corpus, which may raise new thoughts on discourses produced about São Borja, RS; as well as it collaborates, though modestly, with studies on Discourse Analysis that mobilize the notions of history and memory.