História da pedra-sabão em Goiás

Abstract

"History of soapstone in Goiás" a bibliographical research on the use of steatite in buildings and historical monuments in the city of Goiás. The objective is to carry out a study on soapstone in Goiás, and the problem that guides the work is formulated in the next question: Knowing the use of soapstone in crafts and civil construction is important for the valorization of this ore as an economic and cultural good? The hypothesis is that in recognizing an object as a good, more conscious relationships are established with the product that results from it. The location, access, extraction and use of this ore in civil construction dates back to the period when Boa Vila was built, making itself present in water channels, toilets, stairs to access important buildings, inner courtyards, ornaments of fountains, sacred pieces, church walls, etc. Because it is an easy-to-use ore, soapstone is also used today in local handicrafts and is part of the artistic production of artisans who have, in this work, an aid to the acquisition of family income, a fact verified in interviews obtained in field research . The value of soapstone is therefore economic, cultural, historical, since it is raw material present in the buildings of the listed site and patrimonial value recognized by UNESCO. The theoretical framework that constitutes the corpus of the research counts on the contributions of Cerqueira (1997, Coelho (1999), Moura (2003), Vieira (2014) and other authors whose studies present the history of soapstone and its presence in civil construction and handicrafts in the city of Goiás.