The Lepers Live in the Mountain: The “refuge” for lepers in Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil (1930-1970)

Keeping the necessary restrictions of a research in progress, this article aims to present the formation and consolidation of the ‘refuge’ for lepers in Anápolis. For research purposes the following steps were preformed: collection and analysis of oral reports, photographic images and documents of i...

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Main Authors: Giovana Galvão Tavares, Josana de Castro Peixoto, Dulcinea Maria Barbosa Campos, Janes Socorro da Luz, Rogério Seabra Monteiro
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Centro Universitário de Anápolis 2015-07-01
Series:Fronteiras: Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science
Online Access:http://revistas.unievangelica.edu.br/index.php/fronteiras/article/view/1284
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author Giovana Galvão Tavares
Josana de Castro Peixoto
Dulcinea Maria Barbosa Campos
Janes Socorro da Luz
Rogério Seabra Monteiro
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description Keeping the necessary restrictions of a research in progress, this article aims to present the formation and consolidation of the ‘refuge’ for lepers in Anápolis. For research purposes the following steps were preformed: collection and analysis of oral reports, photographic images and documents of individual archives and institutions, public and private. The leprosarium instituted in Anápolis was not part of a similar existing chain of colonies in Brazil; the leprosarium was built during the 1930s by the Sociedade São Vicente de Paulo (São Vicente de Paulo Society) with the help of public and private donations, posteriorly, in the 1940s, it was deactivated leading to the creation of the Colônia Santa Marta (Santa Marta Colony) in Goiânia. During the 1950s the refuge resurfaced and began to aggregate the sickly fugitives of the colonies and, during the following decades, the survivors lived off of donations (food, clothing, etc.) made by the local society, of which were delivered at the Mountain to avoid the sick from coming into the city. Due to this fact, groups of individuals in situations of poverty who lived in Anápolis joined the lepers and constituted a sickly and poverty stricken territory, abandoned by public power, at the mercy of groups that at many times were responsible for existing local conflicts. Keywords: Territory; Leprosy; Refuge; Place
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spelling doaj.art-0841ebadef6c409aafbb8e7fd8c9921c2022-12-21T18:54:25ZporCentro Universitário de AnápolisFronteiras: Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science2238-88692015-07-014111012510.21664/2238-8869.2015v4i1.p110-1251126The Lepers Live in the Mountain: The “refuge” for lepers in Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil (1930-1970)Giovana Galvão TavaresJosana de Castro PeixotoDulcinea Maria Barbosa CamposJanes Socorro da LuzRogério Seabra MonteiroKeeping the necessary restrictions of a research in progress, this article aims to present the formation and consolidation of the ‘refuge’ for lepers in Anápolis. For research purposes the following steps were preformed: collection and analysis of oral reports, photographic images and documents of individual archives and institutions, public and private. The leprosarium instituted in Anápolis was not part of a similar existing chain of colonies in Brazil; the leprosarium was built during the 1930s by the Sociedade São Vicente de Paulo (São Vicente de Paulo Society) with the help of public and private donations, posteriorly, in the 1940s, it was deactivated leading to the creation of the Colônia Santa Marta (Santa Marta Colony) in Goiânia. During the 1950s the refuge resurfaced and began to aggregate the sickly fugitives of the colonies and, during the following decades, the survivors lived off of donations (food, clothing, etc.) made by the local society, of which were delivered at the Mountain to avoid the sick from coming into the city. Due to this fact, groups of individuals in situations of poverty who lived in Anápolis joined the lepers and constituted a sickly and poverty stricken territory, abandoned by public power, at the mercy of groups that at many times were responsible for existing local conflicts. Keywords: Territory; Leprosy; Refuge; Placehttp://revistas.unievangelica.edu.br/index.php/fronteiras/article/view/1284
spellingShingle Giovana Galvão Tavares
Josana de Castro Peixoto
Dulcinea Maria Barbosa Campos
Janes Socorro da Luz
Rogério Seabra Monteiro
The Lepers Live in the Mountain: The “refuge” for lepers in Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil (1930-1970)
Fronteiras: Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science
title The Lepers Live in the Mountain: The “refuge” for lepers in Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil (1930-1970)
title_full The Lepers Live in the Mountain: The “refuge” for lepers in Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil (1930-1970)
title_fullStr The Lepers Live in the Mountain: The “refuge” for lepers in Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil (1930-1970)
title_full_unstemmed The Lepers Live in the Mountain: The “refuge” for lepers in Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil (1930-1970)
title_short The Lepers Live in the Mountain: The “refuge” for lepers in Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil (1930-1970)
title_sort lepers live in the mountain the refuge for lepers in anapolis goias brazil 1930 1970
url http://revistas.unievangelica.edu.br/index.php/fronteiras/article/view/1284
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