Dust of progress calls for passage: nature and development images in the Amazon Rainforest

ABSTRACT Between 1958 and 1960, the main project of the government of Juscelino Kubitschek for the Amazon region was built: the Transbrasiliana, or Belém-Brasília Highway. With the opening of more than two thousand kilometers of road in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, the project was criticized by opposition media. Faced with this question, the press in favor of the Kubitschek government was activated to produce materials favorable to the enterprise. This article aims to analyze the images produced by these reports. Through them, it is also possible to analyze the relationships between the development projects of this period and the nature, as well as how the Amazon region was seen by the Kubitschek government.

摘要：1958年至1960年间，儒塞利诺·库比契克（Juscelino Kubitschek）政府针对亚马逊地区推进的核心工程——跨巴西公路（Transbrasiliana，又称贝伦-巴西利亚公路）正式通车。这条总长超两千公里的公路横穿亚马逊雨林腹地，该项目自推出以来便遭到反对阵营媒体的批判。面对此番舆论争议，支持库比契克政府的媒体随即启动宣传工作，制作了大批为该工程正名的报道材料。本文旨在剖析这批官方支持派报道所产出的影像资料；借助这些影像素材，亦可探析该时期发展规划与自然环境之间的关联，以及库比契克政府对亚马逊地区的认知视角。