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 本文探讨了一座处于空间与时间交互界面、正经历城市结构转型的中等城市中主中心的角色，及其不同的区位逻辑与发展动态。本研究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，重点涵盖银行网点与公共行政建筑。研究材料包括影像记录及其对应的历史解读、访谈获取的口述记忆，以及纪念文集作者、历史学家与官方渠道等来源的出版物。本研究旨在重构"过往的当下"，沿时间脉络追溯：从咖啡生产分别于19世纪初迎来鼎盛、19世纪中期走向衰落的时期，直至20世纪中期坎波斯·埃利塞乌斯主中心的形成。本次讨论分为三个部分：雷森迪历史中心的形成；跨河中心——探讨坎波斯·埃利塞乌斯主中心的形成；最后是对中等城市城市中心性空间博弈的反思。