Ruins of the South Atlantic: a poetic-critical exercise on the material history of the city, racial violence and the refusal of the end

Abstract

Using a creative investigative approach, the text explores reflections and criticisms about access to land, the emergence and ruin of colonial and foreign architectures between the 19th and 20th centuries in Brazil, connecting them to historical events and the racial ideologies in vogue in the respective periods. Mobilized by the idea of ​​"existential heritage", by historian Beatriz Nascimento, the investigation traces a performative and ritualistic route that starts at the Atlantic Ocean, follows a path through that state of Espírito Santo, specifically around the Santa Maria River, extending from the capital Vitória to the city of Santa Leopoldina. Using different languages, media and supports, the proposal is drawn from historical documents, family collections, intellectual references from the field of black studies and spatial disciplines.