"CITY OF TUBERCULOSIS": disease and urban infrastructure development in São José dos Campos (1935-1941)

• Grant number: 22/15000-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2023
• End date: December 31, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Geography - Human Geography
• Principal Investigator: Ana Silvia Volpi Scott
• Grantee: Gustavo Palma de Andrade Santos
• Host Institution: Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project analyses the urban infrastructure development in the municipality of São José dos Campos during the first years of the "sanatorial phase" (1935-1954), when the city was one of the most important centres in tuberculosis treatment in Brazil, having received many immigrants from the whole country seeking health care. The goal is to understand how, and which urban infrastructure projects were implemented by local government during the period from 1935 to 1941, aiming to guarantee basic conditions for phthisic treatment in the city. The topic will be approached through framing analysis in local newspapers articles.