Abstract
O canto polifónico alentejano é um dos exemplos significativos em que o passado se impõe como elemento unificador de uma “comunidade de partilha” (RANCIÈRE, 2005), definida pela distribuição de espaços, tempos e tipos de atividades que determinaram a maneira de uma classe subalternizada comunicar e fazer política A ruralidade, como espaço da experiência, perpetua o passado e nos impede de descurar a memória do canto colectivo como prática de sociabilidade e de resistência política. E, apesar das novas gerações não terem experienciado a vida rural nem o trabalho agrícola, a voz poética assume a função unificadora que permite aos praticantes preservarem a memória colectiva.
The Alentejo polyphonic chant is one of the significant examples in which the past imposes itself as a unifying element of a "community of sharing" (RANCIÈRE, 2005), defined by the distribution of spaces, times and types of activities that determined the way a subalternized class communicate and make politics. Rurality, as a space of experience, perpetuates the past, and prevents us from neglecting the memory of collective singing as a practice of sociability and political resistance. And even though the new generations have not experienced rural life, or agricultural work, the poetic voice assumes the unifying function that allows practitioners to preserve the collective memory.
The Alentejo polyphonic chant is one of the significant examples in which the past imposes itself as a unifying element of a "community of sharing" (RANCIÈRE, 2005), defined by the distribution of spaces, times and types of activities that determined the way a subalternized class communicate and make politics. Rurality, as a space of experience, perpetuates the past, and prevents us from neglecting the memory of collective singing as a practice of sociability and political resistance. And even though the new generations have not experienced rural life, or agricultural work, the poetic voice assumes the unifying function that allows practitioners to preserve the collective memory.
Translated title of the contribution | Memories and narratives of polyphonic singing alentejo |
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Original language | Portuguese (Brazil) |
Article number | 1 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-28 |
Number of pages | 28 |
Journal | CERU |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 30 Jun 2023 |
Keywords
- Memória
- Ruralidade
- Resistência política
- Cante Alentejano
- Memory
- Rurality
- Political resistance