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A olaria na província de Benguela: tradição, género e território
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No presente estudo procurou-se fazer uma ligação entre a mulher de Benguela (Africana) e a criação de olaria tradicional, atividade ancestral que vem passando de geração em geração, de mulher para mulher. Lembrar a imagem da mulher, associada à terra e à sobrevivência, questionando o seu papel na comunidade a que pertence e à cultura que carrega consigo.
Pretende-se, ainda, refletir acerca da criação: quando se constrói com argila, utilizam-se os quatro elementos: terra, água, ar e fogo. Só através da articulação destes elementos é possível criar peças de cerâmica, pelo que são estas que nos revelam a intimidade entre a olaria e a terra na sua relação mítica com a natureza, a cultura e o género.
Tendo em consideração a componente prática da olaria tradicional, assim como o meio envolvente e a vida em comunidade das oleiras, este estudo teve por objetivo a criação de um documentário. Este documentário foi planificado com base nas informações que foram sendo recolhidas ao longo dos meses de investigação e pretende retratar a história de vida das oleiras e o seu território como meio identitário. Espera-se que através do documentário a história das panelas de barro chegue a uma comunidade mais alargada e menos
especializada.
This research tries to establish a link between the (African) women of Benguela and the production of traditional pottery, an ancestral activity passed through generations, from one woman to another. It highlights the image of the woman, traditionally associated with Mother Earth and Life, by discussing her role in the community and culture where she lives in. In addition, the study is aimed at reflecting about “creation”: when you make something with clay, you use four elements: soil, water, air and fire; it’s thanks to the articulation of these elements that is possible to create the ceramic pieces for what they are, pieces revealing the intimate relationship between pottery and fertility, with their mythical linkage to nature, culture and gender. Considering the practical component of traditional pottery as well as the involvement and life within the potters’ community, this study has the objective to create a documentary. Such a documentary was planned on the basis of the information collected during the research period and it aims at showing/depicting the potters’ life and their territory as an identity tool. The expectation is that, through the documentary, the history of clay pots will reach a larger and less specialistic audience.
This research tries to establish a link between the (African) women of Benguela and the production of traditional pottery, an ancestral activity passed through generations, from one woman to another. It highlights the image of the woman, traditionally associated with Mother Earth and Life, by discussing her role in the community and culture where she lives in. In addition, the study is aimed at reflecting about “creation”: when you make something with clay, you use four elements: soil, water, air and fire; it’s thanks to the articulation of these elements that is possible to create the ceramic pieces for what they are, pieces revealing the intimate relationship between pottery and fertility, with their mythical linkage to nature, culture and gender. Considering the practical component of traditional pottery as well as the involvement and life within the potters’ community, this study has the objective to create a documentary. Such a documentary was planned on the basis of the information collected during the research period and it aims at showing/depicting the potters’ life and their territory as an identity tool. The expectation is that, through the documentary, the history of clay pots will reach a larger and less specialistic audience.
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Olaria Cultura Tradição Mulheres angolanas Género Histórias de vida Etnografia visual Cerâmica Angola Pottery Culture Gender Tradition Visual ethnography
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Brito, Joana Isabel Ramos de - A olaria na província de Benguela [Em linha]: tradição, género e território. [S.l.]: [s.n.], 2019. 111 p.