ARAGUAÍNA–TO, COMPETITIVE CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON: BETWEEN PRACTICES AND DISCOURSES

Authors

  • Miguel Pacifico Filho Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins (UFNT)
  • João de Deus Leite Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins (UFNT)
  • Luciene Rodrigues Lima Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins (UFNT)
  • Pedro Henrique Eustáquio Rodrigues Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins (UFNT)

Keywords:

Competitive city. Araguaína. Brazilian Amazon.

Abstract

Araguaína – TO is problematized, as a competitive city, considering the urban diversity in the Brazilian Amazon, as well as its socio-historical condition, which gives it regional protagonism. To this end, we handle the concept of the medium-sized city proposed in Trindade-Júnior (2015) and the theories of Lever and Turok (1999) on competitive city, also focusing on the conceptual framework on marketing of cities. Methodologically, we mobilized data on the concentration of companies and jobs, cold storage plants/slaughterhouses, as well as global economic partners, values and types of exports; and we demonstrate how these commercial practices attest to regional insertion and protagonism. We also mobilized different discursive materialities from the last three municipal administrations of the city (from 2013 to 2024), given our interest in the official discursive production concerning the marketing of the cities. The analysis show the contiguous relationship between practices and discourses regarding Araguaína as an attractive city, being authorized, in terms of meanings, by the discourse of the organization of its spaces.

Author Biographies

Miguel Pacifico Filho, Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins (UFNT)

Doutorado em História pela UNESP. Docente do curso de Geografia e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Demandas Populares e Dinâmicas Regionais (PPGDire) da Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins (UFNT).

João de Deus Leite, Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins (UFNT)

Doutorado em Estudos Linguísticos pela UFU. Docente do curso de Letras e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Demandas Populares e Dinâmicas Regionais (PPGDire) da Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins (UFNT).

Luciene Rodrigues Lima, Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins (UFNT)

Acadêmica do curso de Geografia da Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins (UFNT).

Pedro Henrique Eustáquio Rodrigues, Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins (UFNT)

Acadêmico do curso de Geografia da Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins (UFNT).

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Published

2022-07-29

How to Cite

Pacifico Filho, M. ., de Deus Leite, J. ., Rodrigues Lima, L. ., & Henrique Eustáquio Rodrigues, P. . (2022). ARAGUAÍNA–TO, COMPETITIVE CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON: BETWEEN PRACTICES AND DISCOURSES . Revista Ciência Geográfica, 26(2), 1020–1048. Retrieved from https://ppg.revistas.uema.br/index.php/cienciageografica/article/view/2930

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 2 (2022): CUTTINGS FROM THE CRITICAL THINKING OF MILTON SANTOS AND HIS INTELLECTUAL HERITAGE

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