Patrimônios e matrimônios: intersecções entre (de) colonialidades, raça, gênero e memória

Abstract

It approaches the discussion of memory and cultural heritage from a decolonial perspective. Through ethnic-racial and gender reflections, it evokes the concept of marriages to think about the memory of women. In order to do so, the general objective is to re-semanticize the concept of marriage through contributions from decolonial thinking and gender and ethnic-racial studies. The specific objectives are: To discuss colonial memories, information and reparation actions; To analyze the socio-historical construction of the concept of heritage in contrast with non-Western perspectives, highlighting contradictions and ambiguities in the process; Address the semantic, historical differences and the different configurations of memory between patrimony and marriages; Discuss about the women of the territory called Latin America as producers of cultures, memories and resistances in the face of attempts to erase and silence arising from colonialism and colonialities. As the methodological path adopted, the assumptions of epistemological disengagement were followed to carry out a theoretical and fundamentally bibliographic research. As final considerations, it argues the need to produce pluriversal knowledge, to the detriment of the universal Eurocentric logic, placing marriages not as a concept in opposition/replacement of patrimonies, but as an option among several possible ones to name and understand the memory, in this case focused on for the representation and valorization of women's memory. It characterizes marriages with a rhetoric of (r)existence, where information networks are present – they foster an informational culture created and mediated by women through intergenerational contact – networks of solidarity and affections, and networks of memories. These memories are based on an ancestral memory that tells us about the past, but mainly teaches about the project of a more egalitarian future to build.