A boa sociedade: história e interpretação sobre a colonização no norte de Mato Grosso durante a Ditadura Militar

Abstract

This thesis is about the colonization process in northern Mato Grosso state, which started in the early 1970s. By studying the relationship between territorial expansion, colonization and migration, which involves state actions, colonizer companies and new settlers of these regions, others studies about the colonization process became crucial for this research. Thus, based on the analysis of this literature, a debate between two interpretative models is proposed: 1) the perspective that accentuates the dimension of control and imposition, through State and companies' role and 2) the perspective that emphasizes the combination between territorialization and symbolic dimension of the regional identity. Lastly, the objective is to analyze the case of Sinop city (MT), refusing, above all, the centrality and hegemony of the perspective of the control and imposition. Therefore, this thesis proposes an interpretation about the occupation process and configuration of this new urban world through dialogues and contacts between the three axes of colonization: the Brazilian state (agencies and agents), the colonizer company (along with its leader) and the migrants, mostly coming from the Brazilian southern region.