A artesania das práticas sociais e a existência inventiva das mulheres do Quilombo de Pinhões

Abstract

Since the last decades of the last century, quilombos have become an expressive phenomenon of black resistance to slavery and research on quilombola communities in Brazil has intensified. This study seeks to reconfigure narratives about quilombos by rediscussing traditional practices in a specific community, the Pinhão quilombo, located in the city of Santa Luzia, Minas Gerais. Developed by a quilombola researcher - which alters the place of enunciation - considers the role of women in sustaining the quilombo and focuses on the craftsmanship of social practices (Santos- 2019) based on reports from thirteen women. The dissertation is organized in four chapters from the introduction; the second chapter, which presents a detailed description of the research field; the third chapter, which discusses the craftsmanship of the social practices of women in Pinhões; and the fourth chapter, which brings the social practice of women closer to the different forms of education in the quilombo, the role of teachers and their contribution to the institutionalization of schooling in the territory. The conclusions make considerations about the dynamics of memory and highlight the agency of women in the community, enabling other possibilities of existence in the territory. The reflections were accompanied by the notions of memory, tradition and narrative (Bhabha, 2013; Smith 1999; Cusicanqui 2010; Correa, 2018; Martins 2013, 2018); epistemic justice and epistemicide (Santos, 2010); race and racism (Gomes, 2012, 2017; Carneiro, 2015; hooks, 2017); and clerk (Evaristo 2005, 2016).