Descrição
Spatial awareness should be the main objective of teaching geography, whether in the academic or school environment, as a means of apprehending and transforming reality. Therefore, the study of the place is essential, as a space of daily living, where we can glimpse more strongly the social materiality. In this context, urban paths constitute an appropriate methodology for understanding the spatial consciousness-place relationship, as they allow the city to walk, glimpsing the essence-form of geographic objects. In the case of this work, we had as a contribution the relationship spatial awareness-place-black space, considering the architectural heritage forged through African construction techniques and African and African descent workforce in the city of Crato-Ce. Based on the African descent research (CUNHA JUNIOR, 2013), Africanities and African descent (CUNHA JUNIOR, 2001), associated with the methodology of urban pathways, we researched the Afrocratean heritage from architecture. We synthesized the results into three architectural examples, namely the old House Chamber and Jail, the free and traditional Fair and the São José Seminary. Thus, the urban paths, conditioned on the appropriate conceptual basis, promoted spatial awareness of the Afrocrat heritage, being relevant instrument of study of the urban space.||A consciência espacial deve ser o principal objetivo do ensino de Geografia, seja no ambiente acadêmico ou escolar, como meio de apreensão e transformação da realidade. Para tanto, o estudo do lugar é imprescindível, enquanto espaço de vivência cotidiana, onde podemos vislumbrar com mais veemência a materialidade e as relações sociais. Nesse contexto, os percursos urbanos constituem uma metodologia apropriada para compreender a relação entre consciência, espaço e lugar, à medida que permitem o caminhar pela cidade, vislumbrando a forma-essência dos objetos geográficos. No caso desse trabalho, tivemos como aporte a relação entre consciência, espaço, lugar e espacialidade negra, considerando o patrimônio arquitetônico forjado através de técnicas de construção africanas e da mão de obra africana e afrodescendente, na cidade do Crato-CE. Tendo como concepção a pesquisa afrodescendente, as africanidades e a afrodescendência, associada à metodologia dos percursos urbanos, pesquisamos o patrimônio afrocratense a partir da arquitetura. Sintetizamos os resultados em três exemplares arquitetônicos, a saber, a antiga Casa Câmara e Cadeia, a Feira livre e tradicional e o Seminário São José. Desse modo, os percursos urbanos, condicionados sob a base conceitual apropriada, promoveram a consciência espacial sobre o patrimônio afrocratense, sendo relevante instrumento de estudo do espaço urbano.
Abstract
URBAN PATHWAYS AS A WAY TO SEARCH AFROCRATENSE HERITAGE
Spatial awareness should be the main objective of teaching geography, whether in the academic or school environment, as a means of apprehending and transforming reality. Therefore, the study of the place is essential, as a space of daily living, where we can glimpse more strongly the social materiality. In this context, urban paths constitute an appropriate methodology for understanding the spatial consciousness-place relationship, as they allow the city to walk, glimpsing the essence-form of geographic objects. In the case of this work, we had as a contribution the relationship spatial awareness-place-black space, considering the architectural heritage forged through African construction techniques and African and African descent workforce in the city of Crato-Ce. Based on the African descent research (CUNHA JUNIOR, 2013), Africanities and African descent (CUNHA JUNIOR, 2001), associated with the methodology of urban pathways, we researched the Afrocratean heritage from architecture. We synthesized the results into three architectural examples, namely the old House Chamber and Jail, the free and traditional Fair and the São José Seminary. Thus, the urban paths, conditioned on the appropriate conceptual basis, promoted spatial awareness of the Afrocrat heritage, being relevant instrument of study of the urban space.
