Mudanças sociais e energia elétrica na Vila de São Sebastião, interior do Pará

Abstract

This thesis conducted a study on the social changes occurring in the village of San Sebastian, in the District of Guajará-Açú belonging to the municipality of Bujaru, State of Pará. The thread tried to associate the arrival of electricity as part of modernity that leads to changes in the traditional way of life. Is not intended to do a study with unfounded generalizations about the relative power / social change, as the central focus tried to establish a sociological analysis which promote plausible explanation of this process. The objective is to review the literature dealing with the concept of social change, to be verified approaches that address the issue. In addition, sought to portray the city of Bujaru within the context of the "Light for All", the federal government, and verify through field research, the perceptions of residents (the) of St. Sebastian on the arrival of electricity, its uses, the relationship established, changes in daily life, worries, joys and points to be worked. The results enabled the research both in the theoretical approach, in conjunction with empirical data were satisfactory and important. The power has been taken in general as something that was important to change people's lives, but you need an evaluation of policy and how it was implemented on site, namely the increase energy arrives, but this is not enough so that the dimensions of health, education, incomegeneration activities and employment, gain practical dimensions.