MEMORY AND CENTRALITY IN RESENDE

Abstract This article discusses the role of the Main Center in a medium-sized city undergoing urban restructuring at the interface between space and time and its different locational logics and dynamics. Our approach includes mapping the spatiality of the economic activities of Resende’s downtown and Campos Elíseos, especially bank branches and public administration buildings. The research materials were photographic records and their respective historical interpretations, reported memories given through interviews, and publications by memorialists, historians, and official sources, among others. The aim was to reconstitute the “present of the past”, following a chronological path from the time of the peak and decline of coffee production, at the beginning and mid-nineteenth century, respectively, to the formation of the Main Center of Campos Elíseos in the mid-twentieth century. The discussion has three parts: the formation of the Historical Center of Resende; the Center crossing the river, which debates the formation of the Main Center in Campos Elíseos, and finally, a reflection on the spatial struggle of urban centrality in a medium-sized city.

摘要 本文探讨了处于时空交汇界面、正在经历城市更新转型的中等城市中，主中心（Main Center）的角色，以及其差异化的区位逻辑与发展动态。本研究采用的方法包括绘制雷森迪（Resende）市中心与坎波斯·埃利塞乌斯（Campos Elíseos）的经济活动空间分布图谱，重点涵盖银行网点与公共行政建筑。研究素材涵盖影像记录及对应的历史阐释、访谈采集的口述记忆，以及纪念作家、历史学家与官方档案等来源的文献资料。本研究旨在重构"往昔的当下"，研究时序从19世纪初（咖啡生产鼎盛阶段）、19世纪中期（咖啡生产衰落阶段），一直延伸至20世纪中期坎波斯·埃利塞乌斯主中心的形成阶段。本论述分为三个部分：其一为雷森迪历史中心的形成历程；其二为"跨河中心"，探讨坎波斯·埃利塞乌斯主中心的形成过程；最后为关于中等城市城市中心性空间博弈的反思。