Tensões e conciliações: a escrita da história local e o Instituto Histórico da Câmara Municipal de Duque de Caxias (1971-2008)

Abstract

The present work analyzes how the writing of local history was configured through the current Historical Institute of the Duque de Caxias City Council, between 1971 and 2008. The period corresponds to authorization to the creation of the space, in 1971, in response to the impacts of the framing the city as a National Security Area and the unfolding of investments in heritage practices in the context of the merger process between the state of Guanabara and the state of Rio de Janeiro to build a Rio de Janeiro identity. Bodies such as the Historical and Artistic Heritage Division of the State of Guanabara created in 1963, replaced by the State Institute of Cultural Heritage (INEPAC), in 1975, encouraged works focused on memory and stimulated the creation of institutes, such as the Historical Institute of the Chamber of Duque de Caxias. With the political opening, the institution reinvented itself and through the creation of an Association of Friends (ASAMIH), in 2001, it promoted a generational meeting between members in defense of the collection and the maintenance of space, and in 2008 the association became a point of culture through a state project. The general objective of the work was to analyze the power dimensions of knowledge production from the creation of the Historical Institute, considering the political interests of intellectuals in the works, the impact on the development of research in the region and the dissemination of productions. An attempt was also made to characterize the works and publications of historians linked to ASAMIH, such as revista Pilares da História, considering the existing historical culture and the sense of place for the authors. The debate on the role of writing Local and Regional History highlighted how the uses of the past on the city were part of the process of building this territory and became a legitimizing element for the consolidation of actions and projects in the city and in the investment for the implementation of a field of studies on the Baixada Fluminense in educational institutions.