Para além da Baía de Guajará: migrações em Arapiranga e Ilha das Onças (1905-1950)

Abstract

This work presents the migration dynamics between Belém and its island border (the island of Onças and the island of Arapiranga) in the first half of the 20th century (1905-1950). Through a historiographical and documentary critique, the aim is to explain the mobilities that led to the settlement of these varzeira regions following the arrival of migrants in the territories of Pará, to add this study to research on migratory movements in the Amazon estuary, rescuing the trajectories of foreigners, northeasterners and internal displacement, investigating in selected sources the origin of this population that currently resides in this estuary. The investigation seeks to contribute to Pará and Amazonian historiography to introduce the islands into historical perspective and reflections, refuting stigmatizing discourses about them, commonly imagined as regions empty of memory, with no interest in economic or political historical reflection.