Memory, orality and the fear of losing in the Peixoto dos Botinhas quilombola community, Viamão, RS

Abstract

Tthis paper aims to understand, even in an introductory way, the potential problem of the reception of a memorial repertoire (oral tradition) by younger generations via orality in the Peixoto dos Botinhas Quilombola Community (Capão da Porteira, Viamão, RS). The main methodology used was oral history, considering specially the oral tradition genre, and interpreting the qualitative interviews transcribed using discourse analysis. The proposal is significant not only in terms of a potential generational narrative crisis, but also in terms of important narratives in the community's history, through the voices of those storytellers who are still present and willing to share a repertoire about the quilombo. Among the results of the research, it was possible to observe the presence of a poignant problem of reception by the most recent generations of the narratives of the quilombo's collective repertoire, as well as a tendency on the part of these same young people not to participate in daily life and not to share to some extent the desire for continuity of the quilombo itself.