“Era uma terra de sonhos…” : “Fragmentos de Vida” (1995) e a colonização de Alta Floresta, dramaturgia como fonte histórica

Abstract

The goal of this study is the theatrical dramaturgy named “Fragmentos de Vida” (1995), staged by the theatrical group Teatro Experimental de Alta Floresta (TEAF) in 1996 and restaged in 2006. The script encompasses the settlement colonization process in the city of Alta Floresta, state of Mato Grosso, as well as in the region called “Amazônia mato-grossense” (Mato Grosso Amazon) mid 1970s 1980s. Therefore, the study aims to understand the portrayals of the formation and occupation process northernmost of Mato Grosso state, from the theatrical dramaturgy “Fragmentos de Vida” (1995). Specifically, it is aimed to understand from this text the following topics: the advertisement made by the colonizing company in order to persuade families living in the interior of the state of Paraná to move to northern Mato Grosso; the relationship regarding the settling population and colonizing company with the gold-digging activity in the region during the 1980s; the role of the Federal Government and colonizing company in the process of occupation in the region.