“We will speak through the sounds of nature”: (re)existences inmake a city of Indigenous Women

Abstract

The present work discusses the dynamics of city-making by indigenous women in an urban context, taking as a reference the city of Garanhuns – PE, based on a movement that, on the one hand, highlights the mechanisms of silencing intrinsic to coloniality, on the other On the other hand, in dialogue with indigenous women, it contributes to reaffirming their leading roles. In order to overcome the silences imposed on these women, who, in colonialist logic, occupy the place of the “primitive” other, averse to “civilization”, we sought to present their (re)existences, using the methodology as a tool. of Oral History (Alberti, 2021; Meihy, 2005) combined with decolonial feminist criticism (Lugones, 2020). It is about contextualizing indigenous history, particularly that of indigenous women in an urban context, with personal statements collected in interview sessions. In this way, the research was also dedicated to reflecting the possibilities supported by Oral History, highlighting the importance it assumes for Indigenous History and Indigenous Women.