Identidade de lugar: um estudo sobre um grupo de moradores atingidos por barragens no município de timbé do sul, Santa Catarina

Abstract

This study shows the rupture process of place identity of the residents and communities of Areia Branca and Rio do Salto in Timbé do Sul-SC, who were displaced from their properties for the installation of a dam across the Rio do Salto. The study belongs to the field of Environmental Psychology and Cultural Geography and it focuses on the Identity of place. The research is characterized by a qualitative approach and the method comprises life history and narrative interviewing. All respondents showed fear and insecurity towards the future, which leads us to new thinking about the process of displacement of populations.