The Favela Extinction Commission and the Representations of Poverty in Belo Horizonte during the 1950s

Oliveira, Samuel Silva Rodrigues de

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Articles - Territory, citizenship and rights • Rev. Bras. Estud. Urbanos Reg. 23 • 2021 • https://doi.org/10.22296/2317-1529.rbeur.202119en copy

The Favela Extinction Commission and the Representations of Poverty in Belo Horizonte during the 1950s¹ 1 The translation of this article was funded by the Research Support Foundation for the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ)

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Abstract

The present article analyzes photographs taken of the favelas in the city of Belo Horizonte from the Favela Extinction Commission. In 1955, this commission was created by the City Mayor, Celso Mello de Azevedo, in order to study and submit a solution for “the problem of the favelas”. The photographs were used in the social analysis reports and in the political rhetoric that justified the creation of a department for the “extinction of favelas” in Belo Horizonte. The images created a dialogue with the urban culture of the state capital, Belo Horizonte, from the perspective of engineers, lawyers and social workers from the Favela Extinction Commission, thereby creating a visuality that thereby justified a certain governability for the issue of favelas in the city.

Keywords:
Favelas; Social Representation of Urban Poverty; Photographic Image; Belo Horizonte

Photograph	Location	Caption
1*	Vila do Pau Comeu, São Lucas neighborhood	Partial view of the favela called Pau Comeu
2		Partial view of the favela called Pau Comeu
3*		Partial view of the favela called Pau Comeu in the part that faces onto the São Lucas neighborhood
4	Vila dos Urubus, Santa Efigênia neighborhood⁵ 5 In the photo caption, the toponym “Ilha dos Urubus” was attributed to the location also identified at the time as “Vila dos Urubus” “Urubus” and “União”.	Partial view of the favela called Ilha dos Urubus
5		Partial view of the favela called Ilha dos Urubus. Military Hospital may be seen in the background.
6	Pedreira Prado Lopes, Lagoinha neighborhood	Partial view of the favela called Pedreira Prado Lopes
7		A partial view of the I.A.P.I., Residential Complex
8		Partial view of the favela called Pedreira Prado Lopes
9		Partial view of Pedreira Prado. The Municipal Hospital may be seen in the center
10*		A street in Pedreira Prado Lopes
11		A dwelling in Pedreira Prado Lopes
12		Pedreira Prado Lopes, Lagoinha neighborhood. Cafuas in Pedreira Prado Lopes
13		A section of Pedreira Prado Lopes
14*		A dwelling in Pedreira Prado Lopes
15*		The interior of one of the dwellings in Pedreira Prado Lopes
16		A bed in one of the dwellings in Pedreira Prado Lopes

Nominated Members	Profession
Paulo José Vieira	Engineer
José Aguinaldo Mourão	Civil engineer graduated from the Engineering School at the Universidade de Minas Gerais (UMG)⁷ 7 The name of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) between 1927 and 1965.
Renato Falsi	Civil engineer graduated from the Engineering School at UMG and entrepreneur at Casa Falsi
Hélio Lopes de Oliveira	Engineer
Edgar de Godoi da Mata Machado	Lawyer, State Deputy for UDN, a professor at the Faculty of Law later linked to the Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (UCMG)⁸ 8 The Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (UCMG) was founded in 1958 and is currently recognized as the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC-MG).
Raul Machado Horta	Lawyer and professor at UMG
Paulo Neves de Carvalho	Lawyer and professor at the law school at UMG
Padre Luís Viegas	Priest and professor at the School for Social Services, later integrated with the UCMG
Dr. Halley Alves Bessa	Doctor, founder of the Sociedade Mineira de Psicologia, and professor of psychopedagogy on the course at the School for Social Services
Modesta Manoela Lopes	Social Worker, graduated from the School of Social Services
Maria da Conceição Machado	Social Worker, graduated from the School of Social Services
Cid Rebelo Horta	Politician and journalist

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[1] Samuel Silva Rodrigues de Oliveira

Graduated in History from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), with a master’s degree in history from the same insitution and a doctorate in History, Politics and Cultural Goods from the Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação em História Contemporânea do Brasil na Fundação Getúlio Vargas (CPDOC-FGV). He is currently a professor and researcher at the Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca (CEFET-RJ), linked to the Postgraduate Program in Race and Ethnic Relations (PPRER/CEFET-RJ) and to the Laboratory for Studies on the History of the Worlds of Labor at the Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro (LEHMT-UFRJ). Email: samu_oliveira@yahoo.com.br.

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The Favela Extinction Commission and the Representations of Poverty in Belo Horizonte during the 1950s1 1 The translation of this article was funded by the Research Support Foundation for the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ)

Abstract

The Favela Extinction Commission and the Representations of Poverty in Belo Horizonte during the 1950s¹ 1 The translation of this article was funded by the Research Support Foundation for the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ)