Freguesia de Nossa Senhora da Conceição: morfologia e formação de um território negro do século XIX em São Luís/MA

Abstract

It is usually appreciated, glorified and understood the heritage legacy from the history of a people, their customs and their contributions. When talking about Architecture and Urbanism, especially the production of urban space, this legacy is credited to an elite heritage that generalizes its practices to a whole and disregards what is produced by other social groups. We thus have a subjugated and unremarked heritage, perhaps not even known. Starting from this concern, it is sought to study, through morphology, the process of formation, consolidation and characterization of the neighborhoods of São Pantaleão and Madre Deus in the Old Center of São Luís-MA, understanding as a black majority territory that emerges in the century XVIII. The use of morphological analysis, coupled with on-site sensory perceptions and historical-cartographic studies help to understand how past and present manifest themselves in today's urban setting. The work was based on the doctoral thesis in sociology of Matheus Gato de Jesus, the concepts of Aldo Rossi and José Ressano Lamas, the analytical procedures of Philippe Panerai and Kevin Lynch, the visual effects studied by Gordon Cullen, and the historical basis raised. by Antonia Mota. The old cartographies and photographs collected, added to theoretical references, served as a source for chronologically tracing a history of facts and transformations, as well as providing procedures for studying the urban fabric for authoring map productions and their respective analyzes. As a final product, the synthesis maps: “Urban Daily Life” and “Urban Life” propose to present and reveal a heritage that resists and remains alive in the history and practices of its residents. Indeed, the data collected and the materials produced can serve as a reference for heritage preservation policies, understanding the need to enrich the discussion about heritage, respecting the cultural, religious and material heritage of marginalized social groups.