CASAS’ member, Gabriel Souza Bastos, has published this article in Portuguese in Resgate: Revista Interdisciplinar de Cultura

Abstract: This article analyzes the persistence of a peasant class identity in a rural area of the Baixada Fluminense, manifested through oral history and reproduced by the local population over decades, based on conceptions of spontaneous philosophies and moral economy concerning land use. Through documentary, journalistic, and oral memory analyses, collected in interviews and interactions with residents during the fieldwork, the article highlights continuities and discontinuities in social representations of memory regarding social identities. It is demonstrated how these collective memories
have been fragmented, reflecting not only aspects of the political mobilization by rural worker entities but also remnants of the repression during the dictatorial period.

Read the full article in Portuguese here: https://doi.org/10.20396/resgate.v32i00.8676475

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