“Eu sofri muito na juta” história e memória dos trabalhadores da juta da Comunidade São Sebastião da Brasília Parintins-AM (1950-1980)

Abstract

his article we analyze the history and memory of former workers who worked in the cultivation of jute in the period from 1950 to 1980, in the Community of São Sebastião da Brasília, located approximately 7 km from the municipality of Parintins, in the interior of the State of Amazonas, Lower Amazon region. We seek the history of experiences with work and their working conditions in the process of growing jute from the methodology of Oral History. In carrying out interviews with ex-workers, who currently live in the community, as their voices and historical sense, and what were the consequences of their life trajectories and what were the consequences of their life trajectories. community work, for men and women during the heyday of jute production in the Amazon.