O processo de eletrificação rural do Distrito de Várzea Comprida dos Leites (Pombal, Paraíba, 1982-2022).

Abstract

The present work has as its theme the process of rural electrification in the district of Várzea Comprida dos Leites, in Pombal, in the state of Paraíba, between 1982 and 2022. Várzea Comprida dos Leites is a rural district belonging to the city of Pombal, from which we will analyze how experiences and forms of socialization before and after the arrival of electricity. The objective is to problematize the impacts caused on the daily lives of residents of the aforementioned community by the rural electrification process. Electrical energy was, historically, a prime factor for the modernization and urbanization of cities to occur, allowing new inventions to be introduced, producing effects on the way of thinking and observing the world around them and, mainly, modifying urban space. We analyzed the rural electrification process in the district, questioning the extent to which the lives of these people from Pombal were impacted by the arrival of electricity in 1982. To this end, the first documentary analysis was carried out based on the minutes of the Pombal City Council meetings, in order to monitor how the electrification process was discussed by the municipality. Next, an analysis of oral sources took place, from the perspective of Meihy (1996), based on interviews carried out with people who experienced this electrification process. In addition, we also used photographs and private documents from local residents. In theoretical terms, we will discuss the concepts of modernization (Monteiro, 2012), urbanization (Bresciani, 2014) and (Benevolo,1995) and the country-city relationship (Williams, 1990).