O cais por onde os Africanos chegaram: a institucionalização da memória do tráfico negreiro na região portuária do Rio de Janeiro

TY - JOUR

T1 - O cais por onde os Africanos chegaram: a institucionalização da memória do tráfico negreiro na região portuária do Rio de Janeiro

AU - Vassallo, Simone

AU - Cicalo, André

PY - 2015/1

Y1 - 2015/1

N2 - This article aims to discuss the institutionalization of the heritage of the African diaspora in the port region of Rio de Janeiro, by reflecting on the actions and meanings developed around the archaeological findings of a slave trade pier, the Valongo Pier. We show how, in a given historic and sociopolitical context, relationships enacted by some institutionalized groups of actors end up converging, recognizing the importance of the institutionalization of this memory. We believe that this process occurs in the intersection of two phenomena: a) the recognition of the multiculturalism and the ethnic-racial diversity in Brazil; b) the urban processes of revitalization lead by the city council. We concentrate our analyses in three main groups of actors: black movement activists, academic searchers and municipality’s representatives. We try to show how these actors produce the site of Valongo Pier as the main material reference of the slave trade diaspora in the country.

AB - This article aims to discuss the institutionalization of the heritage of the African diaspora in the port region of Rio de Janeiro, by reflecting on the actions and meanings developed around the archaeological findings of a slave trade pier, the Valongo Pier. We show how, in a given historic and sociopolitical context, relationships enacted by some institutionalized groups of actors end up converging, recognizing the importance of the institutionalization of this memory. We believe that this process occurs in the intersection of two phenomena: a) the recognition of the multiculturalism and the ethnic-racial diversity in Brazil; b) the urban processes of revitalization lead by the city council. We concentrate our analyses in three main groups of actors: black movement activists, academic searchers and municipality’s representatives. We try to show how these actors produce the site of Valongo Pier as the main material reference of the slave trade diaspora in the country.

U2 - 10.1590/S0104-71832015000100010

DO - 10.1590/S0104-71832015000100010

M3 - Article

SN - 1806-9983

VL - 21

SP - 239

EP - 271

JO - Horizontes Antropológicos

JF - Horizontes Antropológicos

IS - 43

ER -