AFRO-TERRITORIALITY: AN AFROCENTRIC GEOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE TO UNDERSTAND THE TERRITORIAL DYNAMICS OF TERREIROS DE CANDOMBLÉ

The reflection presented here has the propositional characteristic of presenting Afro-territoriality as a theoretical-conceptual geographic perspective that makes it possible to understand the territorial dynamics of terreiros de camdoblé territories from an Afrocentric criticism. It is an analytica...

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Autor: Melo, Emerson
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)
Repositorio:Caminhos de Geografia
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.seer.ufu.br:article/59374
Acceso en línea:https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/caminhosdegeografia/article/view/59374
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Afrocentricidade
Território Cultural
Religiões de matriz africana
Afrocentricity
Cultural territory
African matrix religions
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Sumario:The reflection presented here has the propositional characteristic of presenting Afro-territoriality as a theoretical-conceptual geographic perspective that makes it possible to understand the territorial dynamics of terreiros de camdoblé territories from an Afrocentric criticism. It is an analytical perspective that highlights the principles and values of the afro-religious traditions as essential elements for the constitution of their own territorialities - a socio-spatial organization that breaks with the logic of hegemonic traditions. To this end, this study was prepared based on the intersection and orientation of Afrocentric investigative axes aligned with the theoretical assumptions that support the concept of territoriality, which enabled us to identify the afro-territoriality as a cultural construct, inherent to the traditions of struggle and resistance of the black agent in its form of use and appropriation of space. From this perspective, it was possible to identify/classify the terreiro de Candomblé as a cultural territory, constituted from a set of mythical-philosophical values that nourish the essences of the signs and symbols that constitute it, while establishing the rules of social behavior of the members who relate to it; both in the different spaces/places of worship arranged inside the terreiros, as well as in those that extend beyond it.