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imagem e memória no desastre socioambiental em Mariana, Brasil

Abstract

In 2015, a high impact socio- environmental disaster happened in Brazil. Two dams operated by mining company Samarco collapsed, in the town of Mariana, State of Minas Gerais. The events over the following days received wide media coverage along with artirstics and activist acts, so providing a set of perceptions for this tragedy. These images involved photos, graphics, and maps of that region. In reason of this context, in this article we aim to analise how these images worked together in order to sensitize the country about the economic explotation of the region, that involve the biggest mining company Vale do Rio Doce. We understand that the maps and infographics not only locate geographically the devastated landscape, so contributing to the narrative exhibited by the media of the devastation, but also provide a frame of the environmental impact dimension caused by the region's economic exploitation. On the other hand, the actions involving photos, vídeos, and performance contribute to humanizing the impacts of the tragedy, showing the faces of people ignored by the greedy capitalism.