“Sempre-vivas em luta”: uma experiência de história pública sobre os usos comuns da terra no quilombo de Mata dos Crioulos- MG (2014-2019)

Abstract

The present research intends to analyze the construction of memories and knowledge constituted in the integrative processes between the Quilombola Community of Mata dos Crioulos, located in Diamantina - Minas Gerais, and the academic technical teams, responsible for producing three documents, namely: the Anthropological Report,the Community Protocol of Prior Consultation of Quilombola Communities and the dossier Traditional Agricultural System in Serra do Espinhaço Meridional - MG-BR. The report serves as a basis for the implementation of public policies for land titling, before INCRA and other public agencies involved in the process of institutionalization of quilombola self-representation. The protocol is to protect communities from interventions in the territory without authorization from the community. The dossier was prepared for the communities to receive international recognition as Brazil's first World Agricultural Heritage, through the Important System of World Agricultural Heritage (SIPAN), as collectors of everlasting flowers in the Espinhaço Mountains. The traditional farming system of managing and collecting everlasting flowers became part of the list of 58 World Agricultural Heritage Sites. Our hypothesis is that the integrative processes present in the documents can be interpreted as public history practice. This is due to the nature of the collaborative and interdisciplinary work, involving “sensitive listening” and the narrative of the community subjects who narrate the collective memories of the group, in defense of their rights and identities triggered by the threats of dispossession and eviction. The methodology used was oral history and the analysis of two documents, the Anthropological Report of historical, environmental, economic and sociocultural characterization, and the dossier Traditional Agricultural System in the Serra do Espinhaço Meridional - MG-BR.