"The untying of social ties: Police Medical Assistance reports and suicides in the city of São Paulo (1910-1940)"

• Grant number: 24/17192-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: April 01, 2025
• End date: March 31, 2029
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - Modern and Contemporary History
• Principal Investigator: Luis Antonio Coelho Ferla
• Grantee: Monaliza Caetano dos Santos
• Host Institution: Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (EFLCH). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Guarulhos. Guarulhos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 20/03700-7 - Pauliceia 2.0: collaborative mapping of the History of São Paulo (1870-1940) - phase 2, AP.ESCIENCE.R

Abstract

This project proposes an investigation into suicides in the city of São Paulo between 1910 and 1940, based on the analysis of the documentary collection "Police Medical Assistance Occurrence Reports," located in the Public Security section of the São Paulo State Archive. The research aims to understand how the rapid urban growth, critical moments in the city's history, and the modernization process influenced suicide patterns within the proposed timeframe. Among the main objectives, the analysis of the relationship between voluntary death and urbanization stands out, as well as the identification and interpretation of the spatial and social patterns of suicide. To achieve this, we will explore the potential of geotechnologies applied to historical research. Our focus will be on utilizing the Pauliceia 2.0 portal, a collaborative mapping project of São Paulo's history, funded by FAPESP and coordinated by Professor Dr. Luis Antônio Coelho Ferla. In this way, the present project is linked to and aims to contribute to the development of the Pauliceia 2.0 project.