The daughters of the Sé (Cathedral) - a look at the cultural identity practices of a group of women who were former residents of the Oporto Cathedral

• Autor(a) principal: Mendes, Ivaneide
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Braga, Paula, Dias, Raquel
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34632/investigacaoeducacional.2015.3416

The Historic Centre of Porto (CHP) suffered in the 60’s a migratory mass process that resulted in an exponential increase in population density, with serious problems in housing, such as degradation, health and overcrowding. In the following decades, this situation has become worse with the result that many families of the working classes were relocated to public housing. Th e work presented here was developed with a group of former women living in the CHP, precisely in the area of Sé, which underwent this process of relocation, but maintain a strong connection to the zone, and their social practices fed at this location although they no longer live there for over 10 years. In order to understand this connection to that territory, which appears beyond the physical realm and acquires a symbolic dimension (habitus), we tried to identify here the cultural identity production practices built from the social relations of these women. Based on their testimony, we analyzed the ties of solidarity, pride and their love to this territory, participation in local associations or other local living centers, participation in popular and community celebrations and participation in social networks.