Um voo pela memória: uma análise do caderno “Aeroporto: nas asas do futuro” do jornal Diário do Nordeste

Abstract

It addresses the role of the media in preserving the memory of Pinto Martins International Airport. Considering that in 2018 Fortaleza Airport celebrates its twentieth anniversary since the inauguration of the new passenger terminal, the need to preserve its history becomes evident since it is through memory that the formation of the cultural identity of a society is made. In order for memory to continue working as a source of knowledge underpinning social transformations, in some cases it is necessary to use mediators that help in the process of preserving the constituent elements of memory. The media is then understood as one of the main contributors to this. From this, we wonder how, in the case of Pinto Martins Airport, the media can act in the preservation of their memory. It is a research of theoretical and exploratory nature, through bibliographical and documentary research addressing the main concepts about media and memory. For data analysis, a content analysis of the newspaper section "Airport - on the wings of the future", published by the newspaper Diário do Nordeste, was carried out based on the concepts of Michel Pollack and Pierre Nora. Through this analysis, it is concluded that the media acts as a place of memory through the representation of the past by reports and experiences through the visual or literary texts arranged by it. It is understood that in the effort to find ways to preserve memory and amidst concern for oblivion that the media has been acting as a place of memory par excellence