De comunidade à vila: permanências e mudanças no Arapixuna com a elevação à categoria de distrito de Santarém-Pará.

Abstract

This dissertation proposes to analyze the cultural transformations in Arapixuna with the elevation to the category of district of Santarém, state of Pará, from the analysis of official documents. Arapixuna, according to State Law No. 2460 of December 29, 1961, became a district of Santarém, but without the knowledge of the residents. From 2009, an evangelical pastor, after research and realizing how the community could benefit, met with the residents who started a mobilization, together with the Municipal Government, for the creation and installation of the Arapixuna district. There were numerous meetings in the communities, the execution of a petition, sessions at the City Council, meetings with councilors, mayor to in 2015, through Municipal Law No. From this assumption guided by the hypotheses a) the creation of the district would be the responsible factor for the cultural changes and b) Arapixuna has a history marked by important moments, and consequent transformations; that this work is built, reaching the conclusion that the permanence and changes in the Arapixuna district are factors that do not result from its creation and installation, they are transformations arising from other reasons, which, the realization of this research was not intended to work. It is also possible to consider that the creation of the district is one of these transformations similar to others mentioned in this work within the historical context of Arapixuna.