Descrição
The analysis concerning criminality at/of the places, by printed media, have produced a reflection about the representations of space and spaces of representation in Salvador metropolis. The data used in the analysis were extracted from the newspapers A Tarde and Correio da Bahia, in the year of 2009, involving the following data: types of violence, location’s occurrence of crimes and characterizations of theirs victims. The results have demonstrated the recognition of heterogeneous places in Salvador metropolis, but without producing analysis of the contradictions experienced in such spaces. The description about violent acts, locations and peoples, often, were copied from reports from the Police. The heterogeneous places when not detailed and not interrelated with contexts experienced in the metropolis, solidified the representations of spaces and reduces, for example, the problem of violence to the simple aspect of criminality. The present article defenses that, the study of place needs the deepening of life space articulated whit conceived and perceived spaces, something already considered important by journalists, but practiced by few, in the writing process of news about violence in Brazil.||As análises referentes à criminalidade nos/dos lugares, através da mídia impressa, produziram uma reflexão sobre as representações do espaço e os espaços de representação na/da metrópole de Salvador. Os dados utilizados para análise foram extraídos dos jornais A Tarde e Correio da Bahia, no ano de 2009, e envolveram os seguintes dados: tipos de violência, localidades de ocorrência dos delitos e caracterizações de vítimas. Os resultados demonstraram o reconhecimento da heterogeneidade dos lugares na/da metrópole de Salvador, mas sem produzir uma análise das contradições vivenciadas em tais espaços. As descrições dos atos violentos, das localidades e das pessoas, muitas vezes, foram copiadas de boletins de ocorrência da polícia. A heterogeneidade dos lugares quando não aprofundada e não inter-relacionada com contextos vividos nas metrópoles cristaliza as representações dos espaços e reduz, por exemplo, a problemática da violência a um mero aspecto da criminalidade. O presente artigo defende que para a análise do lugar é preciso o aprofundamento do espaço vivido articulado aos espaços concebidos e percebidos, algo já considerado importante pelos jornalistas, mas praticado por poucos, no processo de escrita das notícias dos atos violentos no Brasil.
Abstract
PLACE AND CRIMINALITY: GEOGRAPHICAL READINGS OF NEWSPAPERS FROM SALVADOR CITY
The analysis concerning criminality at/of the places, by printed media, have produced a reflection about the representations of space and spaces of representation in Salvador metropolis. The data used in the analysis were extracted from the newspapers A Tarde and Correio da Bahia, in the year of 2009, involving the following data: types of violence, location’s occurrence of crimes and characterizations of theirs victims. The results have demonstrated the recognition of heterogeneous places in Salvador metropolis, but without producing analysis of the contradictions experienced in such spaces. The description about violent acts, locations and peoples, often, were copied from reports from the Police. The heterogeneous places when not detailed and not interrelated with contexts experienced in the metropolis, solidified the representations of spaces and reduces, for example, the problem of violence to the simple aspect of criminality. The present article defenses that, the study of place needs the deepening of life space articulated whit conceived and perceived spaces, something already considered important by journalists, but practiced by few, in the writing process of news about violence in Brazil.
