Sankofa: retomada aos vestígios da paisagem de Itapuã

Abstract

The Itapuã territory is crossed by the daily practices inherited from the indigenous and black population that inhabited this place in previous periods and that have been reformulated by their descendants over time. The intensification of the emergence of new occupations and urban interventions promoted by government agencies, which occurred from the second half of the twentieth century on, generated significant changes in the landscape and consequently in the socio-spatial relations that the residents had in this territory. Thus, this dissertation aims to contribute to the urban debate by investigating the presence of Afro-Indians and their descendents in the formation and spatial organization of Itapuã. The elaboration of this work has as inspiration for the collection and analysis of data the foundations of the Afrodescendant Research Methodology and employs in the systematization of information the junction of the principles of Visionary Fictions and Afrofabulations. This research allowed us to identify ways of building this urban space and the reexistence of life elaborated by the Itapuãnzeiros generated in the midst of several changes.