Pelas ruas, becos e encruzilhadas da identidade: as relações da memória, corpo e espaço em "Minha casa é onde estou", de Igiaba Scego

Abstract

This work was born as a confluence of voices and texts that intertwine with my voice in the attempt to promote a reading of the autobiography Minha casa é onde estou (La mia casa è dove sono), by Igiaba Scego (Italian writer and researcher of Somali origin). The text is presented in a hypermedia format and was constructed using theoretical, literary and personal notes, as well as hyperlinks to other textualities, which allows readers various reading possibilities. To do this, I followed an experimental methodological approach, in which I engaged in an affective dialogue between Igiaba Scego's work and artistic, theoretical, audiovisual and cultural productions from Brazil or the Global South. Therefore, I divided this work into 6 parts: the first two texts, Notas para abrir caminho and Os primeiros passos, present the research and place it spatiotemporally; the text Nos caminhos da História e das memórias: notas históricas, literárias e sobre a sala de aula de língua italiana presents a historical course on Italy that covers literary and language teaching notes; already in the text Que corpo é esse que brada em meio a selva de pedra? I present some questions regarding refugees and immigrants in Italy and racial violence; in As encruzilhadas da identidade em “Minha casa é onde estou” I establish a brief reading of Igiaba Scego and the work taken to construct this research; Finally, I conclude with O fim de um percurso: não um “adeus”, mas um “até mais tarde”, which are notes of reflection on this work.