PROJECT

The Nucleus of Memories and Identities of Maré (NUMIM) was created in 2010 and proposes the articulation between memory and identity in the set of the 16 favelas of Maré, through the production of field research, publications on the subject, seminars, classes field etc. During the pandemic, the team was in a process of internal training and mapping of agents for the return of face-to-face research with residents.

 

 

This articulation has always search, above all, to guarantee the right of residents to tell their own story, often forgotten or relegated to the underground in the city. The reconstruction of memories allows the affirmation of multiple identities that define the subjects and their territory in the city. This process is of paramount importance, as having “your place” recognized as a legitimate part of the city opens important perspectives for political participation and for the recognition of basic rights.

Thus, NUMIM was constituted as a space and means of reference, preservation and dissemination of the stories, memories and narratives existing in the territory and their reflexes in the present. Its main contribution was to consolidate the history and memory of the residents of Maré as a fundamental part of the history of Rio de Janeiro.

 

NUMIM's aim was to act in the constant process of elaborating memories and identities in Maré, being a receptor, producer and disseminator of the experiences of residents, agents and institutions that constitute the territory and its history. Working in a transdisciplinary and socially committed way, it sought to reflect on how issues related to the right to the city, favela, ethnic-racial relations, identities and memories converge in actions of affirmation and recognition.

 

Objective

 

RESEARCH ABOUT THE HISTORY AND MEMORY OF MARÉ'S RESIDENTS

Research and dissemination actions, through oral history, the collection of testimonies from residents of Maré. The main result of these actions are the two publications, made in 2012 and 2013.

 

REFLECT ON IDENTITY FORMATION PROCESSES IN MARÉ, BASED ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF MEMORY

Internal training actions for the team of researchers and articulators, where the concepts of memory, identity and territory are the bases for reflections.

 

PRESERVE AND REFLECT ON MARÉ'S HISTORICAL-CULTURAL COLLECTION

Actions and processes involving history, art and culture in the territory of Maré. We have reflected on the places of memory in Maré with projects such as Maré Open Air.

 

 

DISCLOSURE RESIDENTS' MEMORIES AND CREATE A STUDY AND REFERENCE SPACE FOR CITY RESEARCHERS

We intend to disseminate these actions, memories and documents to the public interested not only in Maré, but in the researches about the city of Rio de Janeiro.

 

 

 

 

NUMIM expressed its relevance and pioneering spirit in its work with Memories, Identities and Territories, acting directly in the processes of research and community relations regarding the group of favelas in Maré.

 

See some publications that are part of NUMIM

 

 

Memory and Identity of the Residents of Nova Holanda (2012)

Memory and Identity of the Residents of Morro do Timbau and Parque Proletário da Maré (2013)

 

 

TEAM

Founder of NUMIM: Edson Diniz

General coordinator: Jéssica Hipolito

Articulating researcher: Tereza Cristina Silva

Researchers: Daniele Figueiredo da Silva, Ernani Alcides Alexandre da Conceição e Talita Lopes dos Santos

Articulator: Douglas Barreto

 

LOCAL PARTNERS

Luta pela Paz

Observatório de Favelas

Galpão Bela Maré 

 

 

NUMIM CONTACT

E-mail: numim@redesdamare.org.br | eixoarteecultura@redesdamare.org.br

WhatsApp Redes da Maré: +55 (21) 99924-6462

 

HIGHLIGHTS

2021

In 2021, the "Caminhos da Maré" program was implemented to remember the paths traced by residents and institutions operating in the territory. With monthly editions, the thematic proposals revolve around the history of the formation of the favelas and Maré neighborhood, the actions aimed at art, culture, gastronomy, memories and identities from Maré, focused on collective organization and on experiences that revisit and highlight the protagonism of the residents and institutions. The program is open to everyone.

2019

"Life, Ancestry and Continuation - Carolina Maria de Jesus, Abdias Nascimento and Marielle Franco" plus the opening of the exhibition "Africa Brazil - Abdias Nascimento: the Art of a Warrior", in honor of the writer who would turn 105 in 2019, considered a defender of the rights of black populations. | Formation of the Nucleus of Identities and Memories of Maré with the Solidarity Bonds System project, by ActionAid Brasil, on social representation and self-esteem. | Conducting field research, field classes and records for the Maré Open Air project, in partnership with Azulejaria. The opening of the project took place with a meeting that brought together Ailton Krenak, Mãe Celina de Xangô, Keyn Eleison and Paulo Knauss in a conversation circle about memory and ancestry at CAM.

2018

Production of “Cartografias Afetivas da Maré”, with poetry, chronicles, short stories, photos, comics and “affective maps” by various authors from Maré on cardboard recovered by local collectors. | Trainings: “Africa and the Diaspora - Blacks and Society: history and culture”, with the presence of PhD Aza Njeri; vision of quilombos and black communities, with Nego Bispo, quilombola leader in Piauí. | NUMIM reinforced the area of ​​publications with a guide for the field classes of the Pre-College Course of Redes da Maré and with the publication of a children's book with stories from Maré, in addition to resuming the Project Weaving REDES of Histories.

2017

The Nucleus expanded its actions, opening a debate on issues related to black culture and racism, so dear to the residents of Maré. The 'African Heritage' project became a permanent action, with different events, activities and workshops in 2016 and 2017, on the black presence in the different communities in the region, including the making of a documentary by ECOM about black grandmothers: As Griots da Maré. | II Tereza de Benguela Seminar, in honor of the International Day of Black Latin American and Caribbean Women, at Maré Arts Center (CAM).

2015

Black Consciousness Week in Maré - “Kizomba - A Festa da Raça”. | Kizomba at Cultural Canvas: activity for children and aesthetic-emotional workshop with the Black Power girls. | Seminar “The favela and the 450 years of Rio de Janeiro” that discussed the construction of the city's trajectory from the perspective of the favelas. Historians Luiz Antônio Edmilson (PUC-Rio) and Paulo Knauss (UFF), geographer Jorge Barbosa, director of the Favelas Observatory, anthropologist Adriana Facina (National Museum) and Edson Diniz, director of Redes da Maré, participated.

2013

Publication of the book “Memory and Identity of the Residents of Morro do Timbau and Parque Proletário da Maré”.

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2012

Launch of the book “Memory and Identity of the Residents of Nova Holanda”, at the Maré Arts Center (CAM). | Kizomba, Afro-Brazilian cooking workshop with the Flavors of Maré project, at Lona Cultural da Maré. | Kizomba dance workshops with residents of Maré. | Kizomba workshop with high school preparatory students.

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