LEARNING TO BE CHIC: SKATING IN CURITIBA (1879-1916) - A MODERN EXPERIENCE

ABSTRACT: This study aims to discuss skating experiences promoted in Curitiba between 1879 (announcement of the first initiative) and 1916 (when seven skating places worked simultaneously). The objective was to investigate its social dynamics, as well as the discourses of adherence to ideas of civilization and progress forged around it, positions that presented indications of adequate uses of the body and the adoption of good public behaviors. Our main questions are: a) how was the practice structured (offering strategies, organizers, locals, frequenters)? b) what representations were conveyed about it? The research sources were newspapers and magazines published in the city during that period. We conclude that skating was seen as a possibility of educating the public regarding the acquisition of chic postures, a notion linked to concepts of modernity that circulated with more intensely in the capital of Paraná at the time.

摘要：本研究旨在探讨1879年（首个溜冰相关举措公布之年）至1916年（彼时同时运营的溜冰场所达7家）期间，巴西库里提巴（Curitiba）推广的溜冰活动相关历程。本研究的核心目标为探究该活动的社会运作机制，以及围绕该活动构建的文明与进步理念认同话语——此类话语倡导对身体的恰当运用与良好公共行为的践行。本研究的核心问题包括：a) 该活动的运作架构如何（涵盖供给策略、主办主体、本地参与者与常客群体等维度）？b) 该活动传递了何种社会表征？本研究的史料来源为同期该市出版的报纸与期刊。研究结论显示，溜冰活动被视作引导公众习得优雅得体仪态的路径，这一理念与彼时巴拉那州（Paraná）首府广泛传播的现代性观念紧密相关。