Com "os nossos ancestrais”: luta e gramática no reconhecimento de lugar de remanescentes humanos no Rio de Janeiro.

Abstract

In 2011, the works of Porto Maravilha (“Marvelous Port”) project started, as part of the urban revitalization of Rio de Janeiro’s port region. By then, there were discovered signs of an ancient cemetery of enslaved people. Faced with this, black movement organizations began to work for preserving the place and for honoring the ancestors in the public space. From qualitative research and using documents and videos, I considered how truth investigation and repair promotion categories to discuss slavery and transatlantic trafficking became current. In addition, there were religious ceremonies in order to recognize the place energy and the ancestors’ strength, contributing to the local composition of the debate about tragedies and historical pains.