Experiências e narrativas: mobilizações Kalankó no do Alto Sertão Alagoano

Abstract

The Kalankó indigenous people are one of the ethnic groups of Alto Sertão Alagoano, located in the rural area of the municipality of Água Branca, approximately 300 km from the capital Maceió. Its historical background is related to several migrations carried out by indigenous people from the hinterland of Pernambuco and the troubled experiences lived throughout the second half of the 20th century. In this text, we analyze this historical process of the search for recognition and the forms of representation, especially the images and narratives, converted into resistance tactics by the group, considered a protagonist in the relationship with state bodies and the society that surrounds them. The methodological assumptions of Ginzburg and Alberti contributed to the analysis of written documents, oral narratives and photographs. In addition, we appropriated the concepts of narrative and experience according to Benjamin, representation according to Chartier and image according to Samain. The proposed discussions and the analyzes carried out are in the field of Cultural History, which is concerned not with the great narratives or eruditions, but with the daily lives of individuals and the historical constructions of cultures, an important exercise in reducing the scale of analysis and interdisciplinarity.