História e Culturas

From pioneering abolition to confronting racism and racial discrimination: African experiences and Unilab in Ceará

2022-01-05T17:12:18-03:00

This article aims to discuss the experiences of African and African subjects, from their Atlantic displacements to study at the University of International Integration of Afro-Brazilian Lusofonia (Unilab) located in Acarape and Redenção in the State of Ceará, regions that are symbols of the abolition of slavery. As a research procedure, thematic oral history (Alberti, 2005) and quantitative data analysis. The proposal will reasoned on the concepts of "racism" (Dummett, 2004), "racial discrimination" (Almeida, 2018) and identity black (Santos, 1983; Gomes, 2002). As a result of the work, it was identified, in the students' perception, the impact of the daily presence of racism and racial discrimination in the region, a situation that provokes actions by Unilab to face the problem.

"MY OPINION IS HOMOPHOBIA! THIS IS AN INSULT FOR THE DEMOCRATIC STATE" (2011)

2022-03-17T11:14:10-03:00

“2,403 homosexual people were killed in Brazil between... 1989 to 2004”, says a congresswoman named Iara Bernardi, in 2001, explaining why there is a need for a Chamber Project no. 122. However, a pastor named Silas Malafaia and the evangelical caucus were against the approval by stating that the project threatened the right of expression and religious freedom thus interesting to comprehend discourses by the pastor against the approval of the project that aimed to criminalize homophobia. For that reason, this study analyzes the participation in Brazilian TV programs from a channel known as SBT, in the Federal Senate, and a manifestation elaborated by the pastor in 2011. Moreover, the research also highlights the main points of the project in the Congress Chamber and the Senate, the individuals that were important in this process as well as Iara Bernardi who created the project, and the LGBT community.

LOBISOMENS E LICANTROPIA: CRUZANDO E INTERCONECTANDO PRÁTICAS

2022-03-25T08:38:57-03:00

This study aims to analyze werewolf stories and lycanthropy cases that occurred in Limoeiro do Norte, Ceará (20th century) and in communities in France (16th and 17th century). Through a convergence between cross-history and micro-history we were able to trace and intersect a series of variations: similarities and differences between transformation practices, actions and interactions performed by people who transform into werewolves. We could notice that the aggressiveness and brutality found in the French cases is a peculiarity not present in the stories of werewolves from Ceará. These are more likely to produce a fear when confronted with people who cross their path. Uncovering this imagery of the lupine beast between two such different temporalities and spatialities proposed us to understand how each story brings a diversified representation of lycanthropy.

O SINO TOCA HISTÓRIAS

2022-05-30T17:38:07-03:00

The historical study of the chapel of Santa Rita intends to demonstrate how the colonial pedagogical gesture crossed the lives of devout faithful men and women in the 18th century, in which devotions were taught and forms of sociability were learned. The chapel was built around 1745 and has become one of the greatest symbols of the city today, recognized as a national heritage site in 1938 by Iphan. The methodology used for this study focuses on bibliographical, documentary research and the analysis of the chapel's bells in order to describe the daily life of the devotees and the mountain population around this religious temple. The result presented is a description of colonial daily life, its devotions and parties, as well as pointing to the colonial pedagogical gesture as a fundamental concept for understanding this period of national history.

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF CEARÁ IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PROCLAMATION OF THE REPUBLIC AND THE SECULARIZATION OF THE BRAZILIAN STATE (1889 - 1891)

2023-03-26T12:11:30-03:00

In Brazil, the end of the 19th century was the scene of several political, economic, social and religious events that, together, changed, especially in the religious field, some of the assumptions of society at the time. Taking the years 1889 to 1891 as a time frame, this article will seek to analyze the actions developed by the Catholic Church, with emphasis on the clergy from Ceará, through the Diocese of Fortaleza, during the process of Proclamation of the Republic and Laicization of the Brazilian State, which took place in November 15, 1889, with the overthrow of the Monarchy. To achieve this aim, we will use as main sources the periodicals that circulated in the province of Ceará in the time frame established above, among them: O Cearense, O Libertador and Gazeta do Norte, which were taken from the virtual page of the Hemeroteca Nacional, in addition to some fragments from the republican constitutions, the provisional one, dated 1889, and the definitive one, enacted in 1891. In line with this, we will use, as a theoretical-methodological contribution, the historiographical productions, such as articles, dissertations, theses and books, which discuss regarding the matter.

Antonio Mário dos Santos: the debut of a theater director in Alagoinhas (BA) (1964 - 1986)

2022-03-30T23:23:06-03:00

This article discusses the trajectory of Antonio Mário dos Santos (1922 - 2002), focusing on his contributions to the theatrical, artistic and intellectual resistance in Alagoinhas between 1964 and 1986. He directed two theater groups, Dias Gomes (1964) and Natureza (1970), in which one can notice certain changes in his performance. Antonio Mário can be understood as a social actor who proposed conditions of access to cultural assets, and who created representation as a black artist, evidenced through art. This paper was based on memorial sources, newspapers, personal documents of the character - among them, photographs, notes and scripts of the plays - as well as flyers, programs and official documents that verify the cultural activities in the city, in the proposed period.

IGREJA CATÓLICA E A ESCRAVIDÃO DE AFRICANOS

2023-04-12T21:34:22-03:00

This article aims to present, in a concise and simple way, how the Catholic Church dealt with the problem of slavery in the American continent, especially in Brazil, the last country in the West to abolish slavery. For this purpose, several papal documents published from the 15th to the 19th century are used, which are properly contextualized with the use of relevant bibliography. Finally, considerations are made about the content presented.