O Memorial Arlindo Coelho Fragoso: O Lugar de Memória da Escola Politécnica da Universidade Federal da Bahia

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze the concept of place of memory, coined by the French Pierre Nora, and to understand the memorial as a memory space, especially the Memorial Arlindo Coelho (MACF), which currently appears as the memory space of the School Polytechnic of the Universidade Federal da Bahia and present the trajectory of MACF in the process to be a place of memory. The dissertation consists of five sections. The first is the introduction that will address the initial aspects of the dissertation. The second section presents the concept of memory and introduces three theorists who discuss it. The third section presents the concept of place of memory, coined by Pierre Nora and evaluated from the point of view of contemporaneity. The fourth section will develop the trajectory of the Memorial Arlindo Coelho Fragoso.The adopted methodology consisted of a documental and bibliographical research on the subject, using questionnaires as a research instrument.