Exu e a psicologia: encruzilhadas transatlânticas

Abstract

In view of the effects of maafa on the corporealities and subjectivities of the Brazilian diaspora, this dissertation takes Western psychology as its research problem, as a starting point for the elements under debate. The central hypothesis is to propose an epistemology of Exu as a basis, as an analytical category and a conceptual operator. The methodological proposal is the crossroads as a path of research production, as a possible way out of confronting the problem. The methodological research paths are writings and narrative writing in dialogue. The research carries out a bibliographical review and takes as its field the memory of everyday life on the streets. Two of the crossed points traced in this field form the points of agglutination of memory chosen, on the island of Vitória: the dialogue between the memories that connect the terreiro of Mãe Matilde de Oyá, named Casa de Iansã Caboclo Pena Branca, located in the Jucutuquara neighborhood, and the samba of Bar da Zilda, in the city center.