CONSTRUÇÕES TUMULARES E REPRESENTAÇÕES DE ALTERIDADE: MATERIALIDADE E SIMBOLISMO NO CEMITÉRIO MUNICIPAL SÃO JOSÉ, PONTA GROSSA/PR/BR, 1881-2011

Abstract

This research proposes to investigate the constitution of alterity representations in funerary constructions in the São José Municipal Cemetery, since its foundation in Ponta Grossa (Paraná/Brazil), in 1881, to the present day, based in selected material and symbolic elements. With the aid of technological tools in georeferencing and chartogram generation, the theoretical and methodological perspective was built in the interdisciplinary angle, allowing views both from a high standpoint and from eye level. It is certain that cemeterial symbology intends the expression or transmission of cultural values, for the establishment and reaffirmation of identities and social relations. The plurality of these values, expressed by the funerary spaces and by the art and history contained in there, is profoundly related to the different ways found to deal with the question of death itself.