Conflitos de narrativas na comunidade do gesso: buscando o ponto de vista das culturas juvenis

Abstract

This thesis investigates conflicting narratives in the Gesso Community, located in the municipality of Crato, in the Cariri region of Ceará, a territory historically marked by symbolic disputes associated with prostitution, poverty, and social exclusion. Based on the understanding that narratives constitute central elements in the production of meaning about places, this research has the general objective of identifying and discussing narrative conflicts in the Gesso Community, in the Cariri region of Ceará, seeking the perspective of youth cultures. Thus, youth cultures are the central focus of this study, due to their role in the cultural practices that emerge in the region, particularly through the work carried out by the Coletivo Camaradas. As specific objectives, we seek to investigate the conflictual nature of narratives in the Gesso Community, in the Cariri region of Ceará, through the voices of local women; analyze childhood and youth experiences as a formative basis for the construction of new narratives about this place; understand the elements that constitute narrative conflicts, based on an analysis of the Coletivo Camaradas’ activities; to analyze the contributions of the narratives produced by the Coletivo Camaradas, through the Poste Poesia initiative, to the construction of new narratives about the community. From a methodological standpoint, the research employs a qualitative approach, grounded in oral history and narrative analysis, articulating memory, experience, and cultural practices developed in the community. The theoretical framework draws on studies of popular education (Freire; Brandão), the understanding of language as a social practice (Bakhtin; Voloshinov), and reflections on hybrid cultures (Canclini), as well as authors who discuss memory, education, cultural practices, and art. As our main theoretical framework, we draw on the contributions of Néstor Garcia Canclini (1997) and Stuart Hall (1997, 2003) to discuss cultural hybridity and narrative conflicts; Paulo Freire (1987, 1992) and Carlos Rodrigues Brandão (2006, 2007) to understand the process of emancipatory praxis and limit situations. The research findings demonstrated that the cultural practices developed by youth cultures in the Gesso Community, particularly through the actions of the Coletivo Camaradas and the Poste Poesia intervention, contribute to transforming narrative conflicts regarding the territory, reframing the meanings attributed to the community and repositioning its residents as agents who produce new narratives. The study conceptualizes the “Sculpted Action of the Word”, a concept developed in this research, understood as a political-aesthetic gesture materialized in Poste Poesia, as a transformative force capable of inaugurating other ways of inhabiting and reframing the place.