Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: TATIANE MEDEIROS ALVES

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : TATIANE MEDEIROS ALVES
DATE: 22/08/2025
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Ambiente virtual (Google Meet)
TITLE:

THE WRITING THAT SO FAITHFULLY PRESERVED THE MEMORY OF PAST THINGS":
FRIAR MARTINHO DE NANTES AND THE CAPUCHIN CATECHISM OF THE KARIRI IN
THE SERTÃO OF SÃO FRANCISCO (1672-1683)

 

KEY WORDS:

indigenous; catechesis; missionary; “sertão”.

PAGES: 89
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUMMARY:

This research analyzes the catechetical process of the French Capuchin Friar Martinho de
Nantes, in the context of the 17th century, during his work in two villages of the Kariri
ethnicity, Aracapá and Cavalo, in the region of the middle São Francisco, in the captaincy of
Pernambuco, located where the current city of Orocó/PE is. Part of the analysis focuses on
understanding the nuances of the colonial project concerning catechesis and the spaces of the
settlements and the descriptions that the missionary emphasizes about the habits and customs
of the populations engaged, based on the approach of micro-history. It mobilizes the concepts
of religious experience from Edward Palmer Thompson to observe the new historical
experiences constructed from the relationship between missionaries and indigenous
ethnicities; the concept of 'scriptural economy' by Michel de Certeau to support the
understanding of the narrative that Martinho de Nantes constructs about the spatiality of the
hinterlands, broadening the analysis to the idea of a 'hinterland as the target of a colonial
project,' due to the conflicts involving landholders, missionaries, and indigenous peoples
during Colonial Brazil; and the concept of 'the unspoken,' also from Michel de Certeau, which
will help verify the indigenous protagonisms, resistances, and active participation of these
populations that shaped the colonial project but are intertwined in the narratives of Martinho
de Nantes, obscured in a Eurocentric and religious description. It uses the concept of 'sertão'
based on Robert Morais (2003), to study its construction in the source. Its documentary
corpus includes the work of the capuchin himself: 'Brief and Sincere Account of the Mission
of Father Martinho de Nantes, Capuchin Preacher, Apostolic Missionary in Brazil among the
Indians called Cariri, 1685', other missionary writings, and legislative sources of the time.

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 3214358 - ANE LUISE SILVA MECENAS SANTOS
Externa à Instituição - CLAUDIA CRISTINA DO LAGO BORGES
Interno - 1244548 - EVANDRO DOS SANTOS
Interna - 2329277 - JAILMA MARIA DE LIMA