Informação, memória e identidade: estudo sobre as associações japoneses em Marília - São Paulo

Abstract

It presents the research about the information, memory and Identity in the Japanese associations in Marilia. This study was presented as the Master's thesis in the Graduate Diploma in Information Science from the Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" - UNESP, funded by CAPES.The first Japanese arrived in Marilia in 1926, and already in 1930, was founded the first Japanese association in this city, the Nikkei club Marilia. In 1945, another association was founded, the Sports and Cultural Association Okinawa Marilia (AECOM). These two associations brought essential contributions to the spread of Japanese culture and the construction of identity of immigrants in Marilia and region. In this context, this research aims to analyze how has the development of these associations, in relation to the information culture, memory and the Japanese identity, since they were not identified studies on this contribution to that community and to Brazilians living in Marilia. Therefore, studying the role of these associations in the construction of identity and Japanese culture in Marilia, from the reports and the memory of its participants and the documents that make up their collections. The research includes a qualitative approach, exploratory, using as methodological procedures to literature and oral history and the study of the documents that are part of the historical collection of the Nikkei club Marilia and Sports Association and Cultural Okinawa Marilia (AECOM) which constitute the universe for this work. As a result, we present the motivations identified during the research for the creation and maintenance of the association regarding the information culture that developed from immigrants relationship, their descendants and the local community.