Abstract
This paper is a reflection on the relationship between historical research and the public narrative that seeks to question the political meanings behind the presence of the slavery past at the present time based in two different experiences: the nomination and recognition of the Valongo Wharf as World Heritage by UNESCO and the development of the project of tourism of memory “Passados Presentes” (Pasts Presents) (www.passadospresentes.com.br).
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The final proposal for nomination of Valongo Wharf Archeological Site on the World Heritage List was delivered in February 2017. The working group responsible for preparing the nomination was composed of the Historian Mônica Lima e Souza, the Architect José Pessoa, the Archaeologist Rosana Najjar, under coordination of Anthropologist Milton Guran. Cf http://portal.iphan.gov.br/uploads/ckfinder/arquivos/1548-2173-Revised%20Nomination%20Text-en.pdf. Accessed on April 6, 2020.
The Passados Presentes project—Memories of Slavery in Brazil was an initiative of the Passados Presentes Research Network (LABHOI/UFF—the Laboratory of Oral History and Images at the Fluminense Federal University and NUMEM/UNIRIO—Center of Memory and Documentation of the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro), directed by Hebe Mattos, Martha Abreu and Keila Grinberg. The project was submitted by the Reference Center for Afro-Brazilian Studies of South Fluminense and JLM Artistic Productions to the Petrobras Intangible Cultural Heritage Bid in 2012. For the development of research and digital platforms, it also had the support of FAPERJ/COLUMBIA GLOBAL CENTER, through the Passados Presentes project: Slavery and Reparation in Public Policies of Education in Brazil, coordinated by Hebe Mattos (LABHOI/UFF) and David Scott (Columbia University); FAPERJ Nº 35/2014—Program “In Support of the Dissemination and Popularization of Science and Technology in the State of Rio de Janeiro 2014,” coordinated by Keila Grinberg (NUMEM/UNIRIO).
Cf. http://passadospresentes.com.br/site/Site/index.php/principal/index?ling=br. Accessed on April 6, 2020.
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Cf. Memories on the edge of oblivion/Memórias do Esquecimento, a film by Andre Cicalo, 2008. https://vimeo.com/41609298, accessed on 06/04/2020. Outras Áfricas. Slavery and Black Heritage in Rio de Janeiro, a film by Andre Cicalo, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8iEsY1TyQY. Accessed on April 6 2020. See also: André Cicalo (2015) ‘Those Stones Speak:’ Black-Activist Engagement with Slavery Archaeology in Rio de Janeiro, Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies, 10:3, 251–270, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17442222.2015.1087833.
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Cf. Hebe Mattos and Martha Abreu. "Remanescentes das Comunidades dos Quilombos": memória do cativeiro, patrimônio cultural e direito àreparação. Iberoamericana (Madrid), v. 42, pp. 147–160, 2011.
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Cf. Honorato, Cláudio de Paula. Valongo; o mercado de escravos do Rio de Janeiro, 1758 a 1831. Dissertação de Mestrado em História. Niterói, UFF, 2008. (nota 125) https://www.historia.uff.br/stricto/teses/Dissert-2008_HONORATO_Claudio_de_Paula-S.pdf. Accessed on April 6, 2020.
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To see the image, cf: http://slaveryimages.org/s/slaveryimages/item/1978. Accessed on April 6, 2020.
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Cf. Julio Cesar da Silva Pereira. À Flor da Pele: o cemitério dos pretos novos no Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro: Garamond/IPHAN, 2007.
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Cf. http://pretosnovos.com.br/museu-memorial/cemiterio-dos-pretos-novos/. Accessed on Apr. 6, 2020. The Buffer Zone area of Valongo Wharf Archeological Site may be seen in http://portal.iphan.gov.br/uploads/ckfinder/arquivos/1548-2173-Revised%20Nomination%20Text-en.pdf (pp. 23–25). Accessed on April 6, 2020.
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See the image in http://slaveryimages.org/s/slaveryimages/item/1973, accessed on April 6, 2020.
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Price, Richard. “THE MIRACLE OF CREOLIZATION: A RETROSPECTIVE.” NWIG: New West Indian Guide/ Nieuwe West-IndischeGids, vol. 75, no. 1/2, 2001, pp. 35–64. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41850094. Accessed on Apr. 6, 2020.
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Mattos, Hebe (Org.). Diáspora Negra e Lugares de Memória: a história oculta das propriedades voltadas para o tráfico clandestino de escravos no Brasil imperial.Niterói, EDUFF, 2013.
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Mattos, H (Org.); Abreu, M. (Org.); Guran, M. (Org.). Inventário dos lugares de memória do tráfico atlântico de escravos e da história dos africanos escravizados no Brasil/Inventoryof Sites ofMemoryoftheAtlanticSlave Trade andtheHistoryofEnslavedAfricans in Brazil. Niterói: PPGH-UFF, 2014. Cf. http://www.labhoi.uff.br/repair/ppp/pdf/Inventario_dos_Lugares_de_Memoria_do_Trafico_Atlantico_de_Escravos_e_da_Historia_dos_Africanos_Escravisazados_no_Brasil.pdf Accessed on Apr. 6, 2020.
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See the web itinerary “o comércio ilegal de africanosescravizados/the illegal trade of enslaved Africans” in the site Identidades do Rio: http://www.pensario.uff.br/mapa/comercio-ilegal-de-africanos-escravizados. Accessed on April 6, 2020.
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Available online at http://www.labhoi.uff.br/passadospresentes/en/filmes_passados.php
Accessed on April 6, 2020.
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See also Martha Abreu. Da Senzala ao Palco. Canções Escravas e Racismo nas Américas. Campinas: Unicamp, 2917, ePub2: 978-85-268-1395-3 ePub3: 978-85-268-1396-0.
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Cf. Abreu, M. e Mattos, H. Relatório Histórico-Antropológico sobre o Quilombo da Pedra do Sal: em torno do samba, do santo e do porto. In: Eliane CantarinoO'Dwyer. (Org.). O fazer antropológico e o reconhecimento de direitos constitucionais. O caso das terras de quilombo no Estado do Rio de Janeiro.Rio de Janeiro: e-papers, 2012, pp. 23–67.
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Mattos, H. (2021). Memory of Slavery as Material and Intangible Heritage: The Case of Valongo Wharf and the Passados Presentes Project. In: Christofoletti, R., Olender, M. (eds) World Heritage Patinas. The Latin American Studies Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64815-2_20
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