“Go you too to Amazonia”: analysis of a poster designed by Jean-Pierre Chabloz for the “Rubber Campaign”

“Go you too to Amazonia”: analysis of a poster designed by Jean-Pierre Chabloz for the “Rubber Campaign”

MORAES, Ana Carolina Albuquerque

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This paper analyzes one of the posters designed by the Swiss artist Jean-Pierre Chabloz during the period he worked for SEMTA (Special Service of Mobilization of Workers for Amazonia) in 1943, in the context of the Second World War. The poster, which covers the moment of departure of migrants for Amazonia, will be analyzed in comparison to photographs of that time which also depict the subject.

This paper analyzes one of the posters designed by the Swiss artist Jean-Pierre Chabloz during the period he worked for SEMTA (Special Service of Mobilization of Workers for Amazonia) in 1943, in the context of the Second World War. The poster, which covers the moment of departure of migrants for Amazonia, will be analyzed in comparison to photographs of that time which also depict the subject.

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DOI: 10.5151/design-icdhs-093

Referências bibliográficas

• [1] Chabloz, J. P. 1943a. Enumération des TRAVAUX exécutés pour le S.E.M.T.A. Dessins etc. en relation +- directe avec ce service. – S. Luiz – Belém – Teresina – Fortaleza – dès le 2 janvier 1943. Manuscript. MAUC. Translation by Ana Carolina Moraes.
• [2] ________________. 1943b. Letter from Chabloz to Moser. Fortaleza, February 6, 1943. Typescript. MAUC. Translation by Ana Carolina Moraes.
• [3] Gonçalves, A. And Costa, P. E. B. (Orgs.). 2008. Mais borracha para a vitória. Fortaleza: MAUC/NUDOC; Brasília: Ideal Gráfica.
• [4] Morales, L. A. 2002. Vai e vem, vira e volta. As rotas dos Soldados da Borracha. São Paulo: Annablume; Fortaleza: Secretaria da Cultura e Desporto do Estado do Ceará.

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MORAES, Ana Carolina Albuquerque; "“Go you too to Amazonia”: analysis of a poster designed by Jean-Pierre Chabloz for the “Rubber Campaign”", p-422-425. In: Farias, Priscila Lena; Calvera, Anna; Braga, Marcos da Costa & Schincariol, Zuleica (Eds.). Design frontiers: territories, concepts, technologies [=ICDHS 2012 - 8th Conference of the International Committee for Design History & Design Studies]. São Paulo: Blucher, 2012. São Paulo: Blucher, 2014.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/design-icdhs-093