A FERROVIA E A CONSTRUÇÃO DO ESPAÇO SOCIAL DE CAMPO GRANDE-MS

Abstract

In this article, the spatial practices that involved the railroad complex of the Northwest Railway of Brazil and its relations with the urban site of Campo Grande / MS will be analyzed, from the celebration of its arrival to the denial of its presence with the removal of the urban tracks and subsequent attribution of new uses. Based on a bibliographic review with attention to the work of Henri Lefebvre, a reflection on the meaning of social space is proposed as a material expression that summarizes the social practices of a certain group over time; concluding that the coexistence of the inhabitants of Campo Grande with the train and aspects of this relationship are constituents of the city s socio-spatial fabric and even the absence of the train in urban life does not diminish its importance, registered in the social space of the city.