"I NEVER WAS, BUT THEY TOLD ME" - IMAGINATIVE GEOGRAPHIES ABOUT THE BAIXADA FLUMINENSE FROM THE LOOK OF THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH CARIOCA AREA

Abstract

This article aims at a dialogue with the documentary "Never was, but I was told ..." regarding the geographical discussion raised by the production. Produced in 2007 by the Meigueto + 1 studio in an independent and experimental way, the documentary in question presents reports of residents of neighborhoods in the Southern Zone of Rio de Janeiro over the Baixada Fluminense. The opinions of these residents appear impregnated with stereotypes due to the fact that many do not empirically know the other region. Thus, ten years after the production of the documentary, we tried to expose the distorted visions present in the discourse of the residents of the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro from a reflection of a geographical nature. The analysis of this situation points to a lack of knowledge of the Baixada Fluminense due to the lack of need to resort to the services of this area of the Metropolitan Region by the inhabitants of the region of Rio de Janeiro, and also because of this, the "imaginative geography" referring to the Baixada Fluminense is considerably constructed by the media, which, sensibly, uses sensationalism to portray this region.