Memórias e discursos históricos: o processo de patrimonialização da Serra da Barriga - Alagoas (1986-2017)

Abstract

This research deals with the patrimonialization of Serra da Barriga, in União dos Palmares, state of Alagoas, which in the past hosted the largest slave settlement of America, known as Quilombo dos Palmares. In this way, it became a symbolic-cultural sacred ground that represents the struggle of these people who were enslaved. From the mobilizations of Black Movement in the 1970s and with the Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil (1988), Serra da Barriga was declared a National Monument. In november 2017, Black Consciousness month, it was added to the list of Mercosur Cultural Heritage. This recognition was presented as an important advance in contributing to the strengthening of Brazilian Cultural diversity. This change in status from national to regional heritage seeks to investigate how the historical uses and discourses around Serra da Barriga validate it as a heritage, considering that the space involves different actores, therefore, different memories and (re)appropriations of this historical past. Thus, this investigation is based on the collection and construction of oral sources, under the management of Oral History, which makes it possible to analyze the different narratives about Serra da Barriga, together with the observations of field research activity, which made it possible to understand the existence of a plurality of memories that support Serra da Barriga as heritage, fundamental issues because not all voices are found in official documents.