"Calmaria" e "alvoroço" no encontro das águas: ritmo e pertencimento entre pescadores e veranistas na Praia de Atafona, RJ

Abstract

The thesis aims to study the interactions, involvement and perceptions of fishermen and vacationers with the place whom chosen for 'live' and 'visit': Atafona s beach. Located in Rio's north coast, in São João da Barra, on the banks of one of the biggest rivers in southeastern Brazil, the Paraíba do Sul, Atafona is known as a beach which is being "swallowed by the sea" since de 1950 s. The sea destroyed more than 14 blocks during this period, constantly modifying the configuration and occupation of the beach. Alongside this peculiar situation, there are also other 'events' that modify the small beach at certain times of year with the voluminous arrival of visitors and tourists in occasions such as the religious party for Nossa Senhora da Penha and in the summer season . Thus, to narrate the ties of fishermen and vacationers with the beach, the thesis focused on the stories of life around the Penha s party, the "summer season" and the advance of the sea. By considering the ethnographic descriptions, the understanding of repetitions and regularities of cyclical events requires understanding the movements of continuities in close relation with processes of discontinuities. In this case it is necessary to consider un expected situations, "viradas de quadra", shortcuts, ruins and reoccupations that also can guide and disorient rhythms and belongings in Atafona s beach. Rhythm and belonging are worked accounting for this relational perspective, bringing the thesis focus to the constant negotiations, relocations and creative actions that 'residents' and 'visitors' have with the place. In order to understand the engagements and belongings of fishermen and vacationers about the social and natural changes annual and long-term it is important to work with misunderstandings, rivals and "maragados", such as reveled in different life histories narrated in the ethnographic research.