A History of Vila Holândia Through the Entertainment of its Residents

Abstract

This paper aims to tell one history of Vila Holândia based on the amusements of its residents. We describe how this neighborhood, located at the district of Barão Geraldo, Campinas (SP), has been constituted and transformed since its origin, regarding to the following aspects: geographical space organization; neighborhood relationships; and locally grown amusement forms. We used residents’ reports as empirical material, which we obtained from 2009 to 2011 with interviews applying oral history method. Based on this material, we reconstructed one history of Vila Holândia from the memories of the residents themselves and sought to contribute to the implementation of projects for the development of leisure in this neighborhood, so that they consider the local peculiarities evidenced from the empirical.