A marcha para o progresso: aspectos históricos do processo de colonização de Fátima do Sul (1950 a 1970)

Abstract

The objective of this work is to understand the process of formation and transformation of the region where the city of Fátima do Sul, MS, is located today. The study aims to analyze the colonization and development of the area from the perspective of people who lived and worked there during the colonization of the second CAND region. The research will be conducted through interviews with the colonizers, official documents, and photographs, seeking to analyze the historical process in the region during the 1950s to 1970s. The study will also explore the dialogue between Oral History and other types of sources, such as letters, photographs, printed periodicals, and decrees issued by the federal government, among others, which should complement each other to promote the historiographical construction of the colonization process and the creation of the National Colony of Dourados (CAND) in the mid-1940s. This includes the emancipation of Fátima do Sul in 1963 and continues through the 1970s, a period when agricultural practices underwent significant changes due to the modernization of the countryside, leading to a reduction in the labor force needed for farming. This fact triggered a new population exodus, this time in reverse, with both colonists and rural workers selling their land and seeking new opportunities, whether in cities, other rural regions, or new agricultural frontiers.