The material culture remaining from the colonial period in Zona da Mata Sul of Pernambuco: recognizing the places of memory
Material Culture. Colonial Sugar Society. Relations of Power and Domination. Memory.
This research, at doctoral level, aims to study and problematize the material culture remaining from the colonial period, built in Mata Sul of Pernambuco, in the time frame between 1590 and 1780. For this purpose, we will seek to understand the variety of architectural elements implanted there and resulting from a continuous accumulation of sociocultural, economic and architectural elements inherited from the colonial past in this area. With this, we will unveil the historical process resulting from these social phenomena, also analyzing the ways and social and geographic spaces in which those monuments were implanted in that period. Therefore, the integrated use of the research of the spaces where those buildings were implanted, the interpretation of written sources, the environmental aspects of the region and the historical and social context in which such historical phenomena operated will be very relevant for the conclusion of this work. That said, we understand that as a work that transits in the field of New Cultural History, we will use theoretical and methodological guidelines that favor the use of different types of documentary sources, in addition to the use of approaches and discussions from other areas of knowledge, such as Geography, Archeology, Sociology and, above all, History. In this process, we will also bring discussions proposed by authors whose thoughts will serve as a contribution to the process of epistemological construction of this work.