2022-04-182022-04-182021-06MORAES, Alex Martins. Nomes do possível: autêntica lembrança e estudo sequencial das políticas autonômicas no extremo norte do Uruguai. Margens, online, v. 15, n. 24, p.21-45, jun. 2021. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18542/rmi.v15i24.9921. Disponível em: http://repositorio.ufpa.br:8080/jspui/handle/2011/14135. Acesso em:.1982-5374https://repositorio.ufpa.br/handle/2011/14135My interlocutors of the sugarcane cutters popular movement of NorthernUruguay enunciated their political purposes by referring to a set of emblematic words that, according to them, point to the existence of an old-time ‘autonomy’ that could nowadays be actualized. This kind of perspective regarding the past belongs to the realm of ‘authentic memories’ (Walter Benjamin) and raise the hypothesis that a past event can be rediscovered in light of current concerns that make it an object of political attention. I verify this hypothesis through a ‘sequential analysis of politics’ (Sylvain Lazarus). I select some words that capture the attention of my interlocutors and then I immerse myself in the forms of consciousness that such words once held. Finally, I reflect on how a contemporary political process can give us access to an oldtime autonomic experience, exposing us to what Benjamin would call ‘crystallization in monad’ of the time of emancipation.Acesso Abertohttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/AutonomiaLembrançaPolíticaMovimento popularUruguaiAutonomyMemoryPoliticsPopular movementNomes do possível: autêntica lembrança e estudo sequencial das políticas autonômicas no extremo norte do UruguaiNames of the possible: authentic memories and sequential study of autonomous politics in the extreme north of UruguayArtigo de Periódico10.18542/mri.v15i24.9921