Memórias e resistências: os marcos sociais da memória de feirantes e moradores do bairro da Terra Firme, em Belém-PA

Abstract

This research presents elements of theoretical-methodological basis for the reflection on the relation between social / individual memory, sociability and belonging in identities on modern cities. The study on the forms of sociability and the construction of social memory analyzes how to build ties of identity and belonging in the neighborhood of Terra Firme, located in Belém do Pará. It is proposed as a cut of the study the public spaces that comprise the fair, the market and the surrounding streets where the daily practices represented by the exchanges, conversations with own language, specific forms of actions and knowledge that characterize the identity of the neighborhood occur. It is understood that these spaces are configured as spaces of memory, interactions and practices related to daily life. The fair and Horto market together with the social struggles are understood as catalysts of the singularities and regularities of the neighborhood, where the scene of daily life presents itself in the diverse forms of socialization, interactions and conflicts. The memory of narratives presents the reports of the social actors of the neighborhood (residents and marketers) showing their biographical path and the forms of belonging and their strategies to strengthen social ties and resistance to the absence of various public policies. As a methodology, oral history was used to collect narratives from the memory of the social actors of the neighborhood (residents and marketers), showing their biographical path and the forms of belonging and their strategies to reinforce social ties and resistance to the absence of different policies public policies. Another methodology used was the street ethnography (ECKERT, 2003), which consists of walking through the streets of the neighborhood aiming at describing the spaces of the street, market and market, as well as observing the social interactions that are established in these spaces. The narratives of the residents express their attachment to the neighborhood, and their spaces of experience and belonging. Their life stories lead them to perceive their reality based on resistance by the daily struggle in search of a better life. From these reports we identified four landmarks of memory that involve the spatial and temporal frames of the neighborhood's fairgrounds and residents. These are: 1) Landscape of past forests and waters; 2) the present of the street and the mud; 3) social movements: the struggles for survival; 4) The Fair and Horto market place of exchanges and conflicts. These milestones have been identified in the sense that they establish a convergent boundary line for the past struggle and resistance in the neighborhood of Terra Firme