Do hospital ao bairro: desativação do “hospital-colônia” e criação do bairro Colônia Antônio Aleixo em Manaus - AM

Abstract

The pages that follow deal with originating a neighborhood of closing of the "Hospital-Colônia" Antônio Aleixo, located in the eastern city of Manaus. For years the neighborhood was stigmatized because of the disease known by the term Hansen biased - leprosy. What confirms the geographical breakdown of the neighborhood, about 15 km away from the city center of Manaus. Its initial activities refer to the 1940s, when inmates are transferred gradually Colônia Belizário Penna in Paricatuba. And it ended officially in 1978 when the hospital is shut down and the colony becomes district of Manaus, and declared open to free movement. Understanding this moment of transition from the hospital district, and the spatiality of everyday space was the goal of this dissertation. The research that led to the text portion of people's lives, understanding that they construct and reproduce their lives, even if restricted to the confines of a hospital. The dissertation is divided into three chapters and, consequently, each is divided into three subchapters. The triad is not random. We start with the understanding that there is a questioning, a statement and, again, another question. First, treat the neighborhood as it is constituted today. In the second chapter deal with the pertinent subjects with leprosy, the special pension, compensation for separated children and so on. The last chapter deals with the past of the neighborhood. Far from conclusive research to finish, this dissertation, she introduced us to new questions. The research that gave rise to dissertation was supported by CNPq (Process 556870/2009-3) for the project "From space the disease to living space".