História Local, Patrimônio e Culturas Afro-Brasileiras em Duque de Caxias (2000-2014)

Abstract

This thesis analyses what is called a network of memory existent in the region known as Baixada Fluminense, aiming its relations with the Afro-Brazilian cultures, as well as the ways it touches (or is touched by) the national public policies. This work looks at the dialectic relation between written works and patrimonial practices. The objective is to examine the impact that the academic literature has on (or suffers from) memories and identities, highlighting its importance on the disputes revolving around the legitimacy of the uses of this territory s past. In this sense, I use the work of Antonio Gramsci to investigate the agents and the agencies working on that territory, starting from the literature and the educational practices regarding patrimony and looking at them to find the disputes for the hegemony and the memory of the city. It was possible to find a new movement on the literature regarding Baixada Fluminense from the past two decades on, in which studies on slavery, African diaspora, Afro-Brazilian cultures e the negro in the society are privileged themes. The sources are the thesis and dissertations from the Graduate Programs in History and Education in Rio de Janeiro, books, and papers, whit regard to the Afro-Brazilian cultures in Baixada Fluminense (the city of Duque de Caxias, mostly), from 2000 to 2014. I also examine one experience of patrimonial practices that focus on education in the Museu Vivo do São Bento, a institution located at Duque de Caxias (2007 e 2015). Concentrating in its projects regarding Afro-Brazilian cultures, the analyses looks at the relations between who produces the literature on local history and their presence in such institute, as well as in other agencies that value those themes.