PAST PRESENT
SITES OF MEMORY
The Passados Presentes – sites of memory project is a platform that connects places with the memories and heritage of Brazilian Black communities.
The Atlantic slave trade on enslaved Africans to the Americas was a crime against humanity. The Brazilian state, founded in 1822, was directly responsible for this process, from the horrors of the Middle Passage to the violence of enslavement in Brazil. Despite this, the African presence in Brazil left an invaluable cultural legacy.
The project Passados Presentes- lugares de memória (Past Presents - Sites of Memory) was developed based on the Inventory of Sites of Memory of the Atlantic Slave Trade and the History of Enslaved Africans in Brazil (2014), coordinated by Hebe Mattos, Martha Abreu, and Milton Guran at the Oral History and Image Laboratory of the Fluminense Federal University (LABHOI/UFF), with support from UNESCO's Slave Route Project.
The inventory served as the basis for the development of this site's georeferenced database, which already included the participation of Keila Grinberg. It contains historical information, images, and references about sites of memory of slavery and intangible heritage in Brazil.
In its first phase, the project also led to the development of four mobile applications with visitation itineraries: “Pequena África” (Little Africa), in the port area of the city of Rio de Janeiro; “Jongo de Pinheiral,” “Quilombo do Bracuí,” and “Quilombo de São José,” in partnership with the quilombo and jongueira communities. These itineraries are available in their original formats at Past and Present - Tourism.
The second phase of the project focuses on collaboration with researchers and expanding community participation in the creation, insertion, and management of their data. From now on, quilombolas, community holders, and other partners will be able to create their own visitation itineraries, in accordance with the guidelines adopted by the project. By opening up the possibility of cooperation, we have significantly expanded the identification of places of memory of slavery, the Atlantic slave trade, and the struggles for freedom throughout Brazil.
The Atlantic slave trade on enslaved Africans to the Americas was a crime against humanity. The Brazilian state, founded in 1822, was directly responsible for this process, from the horrors of the Middle Passage to the violence of enslavement in Brazil. Despite this, the African presence in Brazil left an invaluable cultural legacy.
The project Passados Presentes- lugares de memória (Past Presents - Sites of Memory) was developed based on the Inventory of Sites of Memory of the Atlantic Slave Trade and the History of Enslaved Africans in Brazil (2014), coordinated by Hebe Mattos, Martha Abreu, and Milton Guran at the Oral History and Image Laboratory of the Fluminense Federal University (LABHOI/UFF), with support from UNESCO's Slave Route Project.
The inventory served as the basis for the development of this site's georeferenced database, which already included the participation of Keila Grinberg. It contains historical information, images, and references about sites of memory of slavery and intangible heritage in Brazil.
In its first phase, the project also led to the development of four mobile applications with visitation itineraries: “Pequena África” (Little Africa), in the port area of the city of Rio de Janeiro; “Jongo de Pinheiral,” “Quilombo do Bracuí,” and “Quilombo de São José,” in partnership with the quilombo and jongueira communities. These itineraries are available in their original formats at Past and Present - Tourism.
The second phase of the project focuses on collaboration with researchers and expanding community participation in the creation, insertion, and management of their data. From now on, quilombolas, community holders, and other partners will be able to create their own visitation itineraries, in accordance with the guidelines adopted by the project. By opening up the possibility of cooperation, we have significantly expanded the identification of places of memory of slavery, the Atlantic slave trade, and the struggles for freedom throughout Brazil.
