Banca de DEFESA: Flora Egécia Oliveira Morais

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STUDENT : Flora Egécia Oliveira Morais
DATE: 14/12/2023
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Departamento de Design da UnB
TITLE:

Family Album: Intersections between the work "A Flaw of Color," the city of Salvador, and the diasporic black woman

KEY WORDS:

Salvador, city, territory, body, black women

PAGES: 120
BIG AREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
AREA: Desenho Industrial
SUMMARY:

This research establishes a connection between the corporeality of diasporic black women in the territory of the city of Salvador (Bahia) and the literary work "A Flaw of Color" (2006) by Ana Maria Gonçalves. The referred title was inspired by an enslavement law that allowed black and mixed-race individuals to request that "the deficiency of color be ignored" when demonstrating talent or exceptional competence. It was chosen as the narrative thread of this study for its historiographical metafiction that presents a narrative from  a black woman’s perspective - telling the story of Kehinde: Luísa Mahin. In the 19th century, Kehinde (of African origin) was a former enslaved woman, the mother of the abolitionist lawyer Luís Gama, a Brazilian. The book portrays the territory and urban space through religious, social, political, affective experiences, as also important abolitionist revolts, such as the Malê Revolt and the Sabinada. The research employed the Family Album methodology (Silva, 2008) and visited 12 black families in Salvador-BA, resulting in 29 interviewees and 491 analyzed images. The main outcomes of the research analysis reveal areas of convergence in the comparative analysis between the corporeality, the relationship with the territory, and the sense of belonging of black women, as well as challenges and obstacles faced to experience the city to its fullest. This convergence is observed both in the experiences of black women in Salvador in the 19th century, as reported in "A Flaw of Color", and as in the narratives obtained from the interviews conducted by us in the second decade of the 21st century. On the other hand, the research with family albums made it possible to identify a change associated with increased access to the territory and a greater sense of belonging to the city by black women. Despite some positive changes being observed, it is evident that the experience of the corporeality of diasporic women still has more similarities with that analyzed in the 19th century than with the current situation of needing to ensure black women full access to human rights and the right to the city in contemporary times.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Externa à Instituição - ANDRESSA MARQUES DA SILVA - SEEDF
Presidente - 2363526 - CELIA KINUKO MATSUNAGA HIGAWA
Interna - 1278847 - DANIELA FAVARO GARROSSINI
Interna - 1642944 - FATIMA APARECIDA DOS SANTOS