Memórias de um corpo negro em trânsito: a trajetória de uma mulher negra da zona rural até o seu ingresso na UFRB - Campus Santo Amaro, Bahia.

Abstract

The present memorial aims to demonstrate the process of construction of an exhibition artistic project as a course conclusion work of the component "Work of Artistic Convergence", developed in the course of Technologies of Performing Arts of the Center for Culture, Languages and Applied Technologies (CECULT), of the Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB). This work is situated in the field of performing arts and focused on the dialogue between scenography and expography, in order to briefly narrate my personal trajectory as a black woman, from my childhood in the south of Bahia to my entry into the public university. The main theme of the work seeks to contribute to an ethnic and racial discussion so present today in society, demonstrating how access to education is fundamental for awareness and the development of a critical sense. In a concise way, this memorial also proposes a discussion on the capillary issue of the black population that suffers discrimination due to the texture of the hair. The capillary issue has been considered one of the traits that socially mark the black individual in society and the specialized bibliography points out that such discriminations also result from the physical characteristics of the color of their skin, being a preponderant factor and often the target of racial violence. In this context, the black population has to deal daily with racist acts and suspicious looks of society that does not conform to sharing the collective spaces, in general, with people who have black skin, seeing them in a threatening way, as if their presence brought to these white individuals some kind of danger and discomfort. These behaviors were introduced to Brazilian society still in the period of colonialism and reinforced throughout the history of the country that, although it is considered a mixed nation, is still marked by racist behaviors of people who feel entitled to practice segregationist in the daily life of society. To conceive and develop this theme in an expository artistic work, the methodologies adopted are based on specialized bibliographic sources both in the field of memory and in the field of racial ethnic relations. The set of exhibition material was organized as follows: photographic records and writing of personal accounts; audio recording of some specific environments and sounds; and photographic records of places that marked my trajectory. In addition, physical and virtual models of the spaces that could house this exhibition assembly were made.