Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: GUILHERME SAMPAIO QUEIROZ

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : GUILHERME SAMPAIO QUEIROZ
DATE: 23/06/2026
TIME: 08:30
LOCAL: Teleconferência
TITLE:

TERRITORY LIVED AND DANCED: TERRITORIAL FORMATION AND PROCESSES OF PERMANENCE - THE DANCE OF SÃO GONÇALO IN THE QUILOMBOLA COMMUNITY OF PÊGA, PORTALEGRE/RN

KEY WORDS:

Territorial formation; Quilombola territory of Pêga; São Gonçalo dance; Cultural practices; Portalegre.

PAGES: 32
BIG AREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
AREA: Planejamento Urbano e Regional
SUMMARY:

The territorial formation of rural quilombola communities constitutes a historical and relational process that extends beyond land occupation or the legal instruments that regulate it. In these territories, cultural practices organize spatial uses, structure collective life, and sustain the bonds that ensure the permanence of those who inhabit them over time. It is within this context that this research situates its theme: the relationship between territorial formation and cultural practices in the quilombola community of Pêga, located in the municipality of Portalegre, in the highland region of Alto Oeste of Rio Grande do Norte, with the São Gonçalo dance as the cultural marker of this lived and danced territory. The problem guiding the investigation stems from the observation that the community sustains its presence in the territory even amid structural tensions such as land insecurity, the absence of public policies, religious disputes, and the weakening of traditional productive practices, and that the São Gonçalo dance remains active across generations as a central element of this permanence. The research therefore asks: in what ways do the territorial formation and the processes of permanence of the quilombola community of Pêga condition and are conditioned by the practice of the São Gonçalo dance throughout its historical trajectory? The research examines the territorial formation of the Pêga community through the lens of permanence processes and cultural practices, taking the São Gonçalo dance as its privileged object of analysis. The study adopts a qualitative, participatory approach and combines historical and socio-spatial surveys, cartographic analysis based on aerial imagery, focus groups with the production of mental maps, semi-structured interviews with community members, and observant participation in community activities. The theoretical framework draws on contributions from Architecture and Urbanism, Geography, and decolonial studies, engaging authors such as Lefebvre (1991), Santos (2006), Haesbaert (2004), Taylor (2013), Quijano (2005), Lugones (2008), Nascimento (1989), and Nego Bispo (2015). The research aims to demonstrate that the quilombola territory of Pêga constitutes a space of resistance and re-existence, in which the community realizes its permanence not despite the tensions that traverse it, but also through them, mediated by practices that articulate body, memory, religiosity, and belonging across generations.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 350504 - MARIA DULCE PICANÇO BENTES SOBRINHA
Interna - 3180158 - WINIFRED KNOX
Externo à Instituição - GILSON JOSE RODRIGUES JUNIOR - IFRN