Cultura, identidade e gênero no bairro da África: história, memórias e saberes de descendente de negros migrados do Rio Anapuzinho.

Abstract

This study aims to understand the context of formation and transformation of the African neighborhood in the municipality of Igarapé / PA, aiming to understand its economic, political and cultural importance for the municipality, trying to bring to the fore the protagonism of black women, children, young people and adults, their life trajectories, their daily reinventions, cultural knowledge and practices. In order to do so, it is proposed to approach the emergence of the neighborhood of Africa, seeking to understand this neighborhood as a small community formed in the central part of the headquarters of said municipality, composed of descendants of blacks, who migrated from the rural area, mainly the Anapuzinho River region, to the urban area in search of better living conditions, constituting a black neighborhood in the city of Igarapé-Miri. In order to fulfill the objectives of the research, we used as theoretical-methodological contributions analysis of works by authors such as: PORTELLI (1997) THOMPSON (1998) PINTO (2012), NONATO (2002) ABRAMOVAY and CAMARANO (1999), CAMPELO, JESUS, GOD, 2014) ANTICO (1997), CERTEAU (2002) ANTONACCI, (2013), and others. In the same way, field research is carried out through participant observation, with the aid of Oral History, through semi structured interviews, oral reports and life histories, plus written, imagery sources (photographs, maps, engravings) from the perspective to study the context of formation of this neighborhood, trying to understand how its inhabitants were important in the historical, cultural and economic formation of the city of Igarapé-Miri. Taking into consideration the transformations that this neighborhood and these individuals have been passing along their historical trajectory. Preliminary data from the research point to important elements of the African neighborhood, presenting life histories, daily experiences, forms of work, traditional knowledge, religiosity and cultural practices, showing a neighborhood that exists beyond the geographic space, built in the memories of men and women.