Um regão d'água 'travessava' ali: narrativas cerradeiras dos baianos do Macaco, em Uruaçu-GO

Abstract

This work aims, above all, to till the land and sow memories that have long hovered forgotten, like ancient grains lying dormant at the back of a granary also lost in time. In it, I propose to make a written record of the memories of individuals from the Macaco community, located in the municipality of Uruaçu, in northern Goiás, also weaving in, here and there, my own experience with this land, to keep these voices echoing through time. This proposal arises from a discomfort that is visible but often sold as the solution to all our problems: the expansion of the agricultural frontier and its resulting disruption of traditional territories and ways of life. From this perspective, the main objective of the research is the written documentation of the oral narratives of some residents of the rural community of Macaco, with regard to their history of formation, myths, legends, stories, and memories, in order to (1) contribute to the recognition and r-existence of the ways of life and meaning-making of the peoples of the Cerrado; (2) strengthen the sense of belonging in these communities by valuing their ancestral knowledge; and (3) elevate the space of narrative in the production of technical-scientific knowledge. I hope, through this, to contribute in some way to the preservation of culture and the renewal of Cerrado-based knowledge (Rezende, 2021). To this end, I employ narrative as the theoreticalmethodological foundation of this research, engaging in dialogue with the works of Evaristo (2020), Rezende (2021), Kilomba (2020), Santos (2015, 2023), Benjamin (1987), Pimentel-daSilva (2019), and Han (2024).