Images of villages and towns of Brazil’s hinterland in the iconography and reports of the philosophical journey of Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira (1783-1792)

• Grant number: 19/08732-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: August 01, 2019
• End date: October 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Architecture and Town Planning - Fundamentals of Architecture and Urbanism
• Principal Investigator: Beatriz Piccolotto Siqueira Bueno
• Grantee: Pedro Hungria Cabral
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FAU). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The present work consists in the organization of the iconographic and documentary of the first scientific expedition achieved in the Brazilian hinterland, the Philosophical Journey of Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira (1783-1792). From this it aims to produce cartographies that gather such information, enabling the use of such material as a source for architectural, urbanistics and landscape studies of these places. Although object of countless studies, the vast documentary and iconographic material related to the urban nucleus of the expedition of Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira has not yet been analyzed in its material aspects, in its technical details and in their productive specificities. This distinct approach regarding the documentation of Ferreira's expedition allows new understandings on Architecture and Urbanism in relation to the Amazon and Central-West region of Brazil, enriching the History of Urbanization of inter-imperial frontier zones. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

CABRAL, Pedro Hungria. Images of villages and towns of Brazil´s hinterland in the iconography and reports of the Philosophical Journey of Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira (1783-1792). 2023. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FAU/SBI) São Paulo.