TECHNICAL SURVEY OF THE HISTORICAL SITE OF PATU: THE CONTRIBUTION OF UNIVERSITY EXTENSION TO THE PATRIMONIALIZATION OF CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN CEARÁ

Abstract

This extension action, carried out by IFCE in partnership with the Municipal Department of Culture of Senador Pompeu and the Department of Culture of the State of Ceará between 2021 and 2022, assisted the public authorities in the listing of the Patu Historic Site, then claimed by civil society and the state Public Ministry. Located in the Central Sertão of Ceará, Patu is the only one of the eight concentration camps built in the state to house migrants from the drought and that still has buildings. A topographic survey of the 89-hectare polygonal that makes up the historic site was carried out; the photographic survey and the building survey of twenty buildings with varying sizes, uses and states of conservation. The information collected, analyzed and systematized was passed on to the government, contributing directly to the process of state listing of the Patu Historic Site.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2025.008-025