O jornal enquanto documento e fonte para a recuperação da memória: o caso do jornal O Mirim do município de Restiga Sêca

Abstract

The present research has as its object of study the Journal and its use as an instrument for research and its identification as a record, based on the perception of a newspaper produced in the 1960s. From this perspective, the work had as general objective to understand the relevance of the Journal as a record to recovery the memory and a period of the past based on the analysis of the newspaper O Mirim, in the county of Restinga Sêca. The study is justified by the perception that there are no documentary and historical records about the first decade after the emancipation of the municipality. An applied research was carried out, with a qualitative and exploratory approach, being a documental and bibliographical research. Data collection was applied through bibliographic survey, interview and document analysis. As a result, it was found that the Journal can be used as a record and resource for researching the past, when remembering a certain period. One can also understand the role played by the journal O Mirim to recover the past of Restinga Sêca, especially in the first decade after emancipation. In view of the results achieved, it is concluded that newspapers are sources for obtaining information about the daily life of a community, political and economic events, being an instrument for future research or consultations.