Flávio and Sonia Gusatti Poster Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-2013-014
Scope and Content
The collection consists of 27 posters from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil from the 1980s and 1990s gathered by the architects and political activists, Flavio Cosme Gusatti and Sonia De Souza Gusatti. These posters address Workers Party propaganda (Partido dos Trabalhadores), Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s presidential campaign, labor union meetings, agrarian reform, peasant rights, Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST), liberation theology, and feminist movement in Brazil. The posters were collected in Ronda Alta, the town in which took place the first organized land occupation of MST at the encampment, Encruzilhada Natalino, in 1981. In the early 1980s, Ronda Alta was a town of small agrarian producers, but as development came along and with the end of military dictatorship in Brazil the town became an important space for peasant organizations and the rise of social movements. These posters represent a national period of struggle for social justice and political opening after twenty years of silence, dictatorship, and neoliberal policies.
Dates
- 1985-1995
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
Biography
This collection of 27 Brazilian posters was donated by Sonia De Souza Gusatti, architect and political activist from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The material was collected by her and her husband Flávio Cosme Gusatti during the 1980s and 1990s. They participated actively in the organization and development of the Workers Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores) in Rio Grande do Sul and the national movement Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST), in Ronda Alta. This was also the place where the Gusatti couple and their two daughters lived and participated actively in politics from 1985 to 1995. During those years, Flavio and Sonia were among those who believed that the Church and the government were responsible to fight against poverty and prejudice, and for peasants’ rights. These posters reflect their personal fight during this time and a national period of struggle for social justice after twenty years of silence, dictatorship, and neoliberal policies.
Extent
27 items (1 folder) : 27 posters
Language of Materials
Portuguese
Abstract
The collection consists of 27 political posters from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, from the 1980s and 1990s collected by Flávio and Sonia Gusatti. Themes include Workers Party Propaganda (Partido dos Trabalhadores PT), agrarian reform, peasant’s rights, Liberation Theology, and feminist movement.
Physical Location
B2. Filed in extra-oversize drawers by Pictorial Number.
Photographs Available Online
The entire Flávio and Sonia Gusatti Poster Collection is available online via New Mexico’s Digital Collections.
- Brazil -- Politics and government -- 1985-2002 -- Posters
- Human rights -- Brazil -- Posters
- Labor movement -– Brazil -– Posters
- Political parties -– Brazil -– Posters
- Political posters, Brazilian
- Posters
- Riots –- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Sanatoriums -- New Mexico –- Pictorial works
- Social movements -– Brazil -– Posters
- Women–Political activity -– Brazil
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Flávio and Sonia Gusatti Poster Collection, 1985-1995
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Marina Todeschini Crumbacher
- Date
- © 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu