A reserva territorial dos aborígenes potiguaras do Brasil: um locus simbólico

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A reserva territorial dos aborígenes potiguaras do Brasil: um locus simbólico
Abstract
The various volumes coordinated by Pierre Nora to pursue a history of the places of memory in France have become a multidisciplinary theoretical reference for those who, like us, seek to reconstruct the memories with which the land of the Potiguara aborigines of Brazil is organized today. In the introduction to the voluminous work that he directed for eight years, Nora explained his epistemic understanding of the notion of “places of memory”, stressing that a “lieu de mémoire” is any significant entity that, material or immaterial in nature, through a human will or the wear and tear of time, has become a symbolic element of a community's memorial heritage. The French historian also added that, since memory is the fundamental structure of this generally lengthy process, it was convenient to understand it as a phenomenon of emotions and magic that only accommodates the facts that feed it. Strictly speaking, memory is always vague, and reminiscent, stirring both general impressions and fine symbolic details. Furthermore, memory is always vulnerable to transference, repressed and imagined memories, censorship, and all kinds of projections. (Nora, 1984). In this article, we try to understand that the places of memory are also almost always what comes to us, stays, and selects the past. The reserve where they live appears as a symbolic locus to which the Potiguara aborigines cling with all their strength to preserve what remains of their past.
Publication
Revista Internacional em Língua Portuguesa
Issue
44
Pages
113-133
Date
2023-03-22
Language
pt
ISSN
2184-2043
Short Title
A reserva territorial dos aborígenes potiguaras do Brasil
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4/11/23, 3:31 AM
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Citation
Simões, J. M. (2023). A reserva territorial dos aborígenes potiguaras do Brasil: um locus simbólico. Revista Internacional em Língua Portuguesa, 44, 113–133. https://doi.org/10.31492/2184-2043.RILP2023.44/pp.113-133