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The article discusses the process of settlement of Danube Swabians in Southern Brazil from an environmental history perspective on transformation of the Atlantic Rainforest landscape. In Brazil, they had to negotiate their identity with regional natural conditions. For this, technical discourses were used to define themselves as modern farmers. The research was conducted with technical reports, images and other documents produced by immigrants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Oral narratives by the inhabitants of the district of Entre Rios in the municipality of Guarapuava PR Brazil, are provided and discussed. The Entre Rios settlement, with approximately 2500 people, was formed in the 1950s. The inhabitants identified themselves as Suabians of the Danube who migrated to Brazil as refugees after World War II. Besides immigrants and their offspring, the district is also inhabited by non-Suabians. Current analysis focuses on the life-narratives of migrants or non-migrants, the social events celebrated among the inhabitants and the identifications in the narratives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]