IMAGE AND WORK IN THE FIELD IN TIMES OF PANDEMIC: The flour mill and the production of food derived from manioc.

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.558522516011

• Palavras-chave: Visual culture. Traditional culture. Photography. Flour mill. Mãe Grande de Curuçá Extractive Reserve .

• Keywords: Visual culture. Traditional culture. Photography. Flour mill. Mãe Grande de Curuçá Extractive Reserve .

• Abstract:

  The aim of this work was to carry out a study that leads to reflection on visual culture and its interface with traditional culture and the role of images produced amateurishly in people's daily lives and their importance for recording the memory and documentary production of traditional cultures. This work was based on the day-to-day activities carried out in a rural environment, specifically in and around the flour mill, where cassava-derived food is produced. Food products derived from cassava are widely consumed in the north and northeast of the country. This happens in various ways, as they are a significant part of the local cuisine. The images were taken at the Varginha site, located in the village of Mutucal, in the municipality of Curuçá in the state of Pará, 136 km from the capital, Belém. We also used images from the collection produced by the members of the group studied. The results point to the importance of images in traditional communities, as they significantly elucidate the cultural transformations that take place within these communities. In addition to the importance for the group itself due to the affective memory relating to an ancestral past that shows images as a way of existing and resisting time.