https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ufba/507 2026-04-17T12:32:50Z https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/44385 Título: MODA AFRO - AFRO (NA) MODA: REFLEXÕES SOBRE O CONSUMO DE MODA AFRO E RELAÇÕES IDENTITÁRIAS EM DUAS DIÁSPORAS AMERICANAS Autor(es): Santos, Daisy Conceição Primeiro Orientador: Sousa Júnior, Vilson Caetano Abstract: This thesis investigates how ethnic identities are constructed and expressed through the consumption of Afro fashion in two central cities of the Black diaspora in the Americas: Salvador (Brazil) and New York (USA). Drawing from the fields of consumer anthropology and racial studies, the research seeks to understand the role of Afro fashion in the (re)affirmation of Blackness, as well as who produces and consumes these cultural goods, and with what motivations. The investigation articulates multi-sited ethnography (with participant observation conducted in both cities), autoethnography, semi-structured interviews with producers and consumers, in addition to some virtual ethnographic analyses. The results indicate that, although Afro fashion is consolidated in the consumer market, it is traversed by racism and market disputes in both territorial poles. Consumption, in turn, reveals itself as a practice of belonging, reclaiming identity, a sense of community, and image construction, operating simultaneously as an aesthetic, political, and affective gesture. It can be concluded that Afro fashion acts as a device for identity agency in diasporas and as a field for the elaboration of visual narratives that reconfigure the Black presence in contemporary urban spaces. Editora / Evento / Instituição: Universidade Federal da Bahia Tipo: Tese 2026-01-05T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/44384 Título: Mo Júbà Òrìsà, Ìbà Onílè: ensinamentos da cosmologia yorubá para a reverência e a regeneração da vida na Terra [e a resistência dos povos de terreiro contra a ponte Salvador-Itaparica] Autor(es): Machado, Camila Primeiro Orientador: Delgado, Josimara Abstract: This dissertation aims to investigate how the ethical and ontological principles of Yoruba cosmology guide the ecological cosmoperception of candomblé communities and inform their forms of resistance and struggle for territory in the context of the Anthropocene. Initially, we situate the ecological crisis within its global and Brazilian context, presenting scientific evidence and important cases of environmental catastrophes that illustrate the severity of the current ecological emergency. We also present the case of the Salvador-Itaparica Road System as an environmental disaster, based on the current struggle of the communities affected by the project against its implementation. Following this, we discuss the main concepts and categories of analysis, developed in the academic fields of decoloniality and postcolonialism, that are related to the ecological crisis, in order to elaborate a critical bibliographic review on the theme of decolonial ecology. Finally, we highlight the intrinsic relationship between Yoruba cosmological principles and the ecological ethics of the terreiro communities, through the analysis of the narratives of this population in their struggle against the Salvador-Itaparica bridge, reflecting on the concepts of Iyá, Asé, and Orisá as ethical and ontological principles of Yoruba cosmology that prominently guide the ecological cosmoperception of the terreiro communities, in their cosmo-sociability, in their ritualistic practices, and in their resistance movements for the territory. Concomitantly, we elaborate reflections on the importance of the ecological cosmoperception of the axé people in the context of the Anthropocene. This dissertation uses the methodology of elaborating three essays, through bibliographic review, document analysis, discourse analysis, and auto-ethnographic narrative. And this dissertation seeks to denounce the Salvador-Itaparica bridge as an imminent socio-environmental catastrophe of extremely serious impact, which could violate the material reality and the mythical universe of the terreiro communities of Baía de Todos os Santos and various other traditional communities, resulting in environmental, spiritual, and socioeconomic imbalance for the entire population of Bahia. Editora / Evento / Instituição: Universidade Federal da Bahia Tipo: Dissertação 2026-01-20T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/44373 Título: O momento em que eu me construo”: Técnicas do corpo e construção da pessoa fitness em academias no Brasil e na França Autor(es): González Cabrera, Edward Armando Primeiro Orientador: Vega Sanabria, Guillermo Abstract: Fitness today establishes itself as a global phenomenon, driven by the rapid expansion of gyms and discourses valorizing physical and sports activity (PSA) as an instrument of self-production. This research examines the social building of the "fitness person" throughout a learning process of body techniques and interwoven social class, gender, and race relationships. How is the fitness person constructed as both a social and subjective category within transnational franchise gyms in Brazil and France? At the intersection of anthropology and sociology, this comparative ethnography is based on nearly seven non-continuous years of fieldwork (2017-2024) in two transnational franchises: Body Fit (in Brazil) and Perfect Body (in France) – combining participant observation, 50 semi-structured interviews, and 873 quantitative observations. The results indicate that the fitness person emerges as a social figure. Both globalized and locally situated, it is characterized by the incorporation of new body techniques and the adoption of an ethos of discipline and self-transformation. Fitness thus appears as an ambivalent space: simultaneously a site of reproduction of social hierarchies and negotiation of established norms, particularly gender norms, within a neoliberal context of subject self-entrepreneurship.; Le fitness s’impose aujourd'hui comme un phénomène global, porté par l’expansion rapide des salles de sport et par des discours valorisant l’activité physique et sportive (APS) comme instrument de production de soi. Cette recherche interroge la construction sociale de la « personne fitness » à travers l'apprentissage de techniques du corps et l’entrelacement des rapports de classe sociale, de genre et de race. Comment la personne fitness se construit-t-elle en tant que catégorie sociale et subjective dans les salles de sport de franchises transnationales au Brésil et en France ? À la croisée de l'anthropologie et de la sociologie, cette ethnographie comparative repose sur près de sept ans non continus d’études de terrain (2017-2024) dans deux franchises transnationales : Body Fit (au Brésil) et Perfect Body (en France) – combinant observation participante, 50 entretiens semi-structurés et 873 observations quantitatives. Les résultats indiquent que la personne fitness émerge comme figure sociale. À la fois globalisée et localement située, elle est caractérisée par l'incorporation de nouvelles techniques du corps et par l'adoption d'un ethos de discipline et d'auto-transformation. Le fitness apparaît ainsi comme un espace ambivalent : à la fois lieu de reproduction des hiérarchies sociales et de négociation des normes établies, notamment de genre, dans un contexte néolibéral d'auto-entrepreneuriat du sujet.; El fitness se impone hoy como un fenómeno global, impulsado por la rápida expansión de los gimnasios y por discursos que valorizan la actividad física y deportiva (AFD) como instrumento de producción de sí mismo. Esta investigación interroga la construcción social de la "persona fitness" a través del aprendizaje de técnicas del cuerpo y el entrelazamiento de las relaciones de clase social, género y raza. ¿Cómo se construye la persona fitness como categoría social y subjetiva en los gimnasios de franquicias transnacionales en Brasil y Francia? En el cruce de la antropología y la sociología, esta etnografía comparativa se basa en casi siete años no continuos de investigación de campo (2017-2024) en dos franquicias transnacionales: Body Fit (en Brasil) y Perfect Body (en Francia) – combinando observación participante, 50 entrevistas semiestructuradas y 873 observaciones cuantitativas. Los resultados indican que la persona fitness emerge como figura social. A la vez globalizada y localmente situada, se caracteriza por la incorporación de nuevas técnicas del cuerpo y por la adopción de un ethos de disciplina y autotransformación. El fitness aparece así como un espacio ambivalente: simultáneamente lugar de reproducción de las jerarquías sociales y de negociación de las normas establecidas, especialmente de género, en un contexto neoliberal de auto-emprendimiento del sujeto. Editora / Evento / Instituição: Universidade Federal da Bahia / Université Rennes 2 Tipo: Tese 2025-11-28T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/44372 Título: "Eu sou mulher do fim do mundo": experiências de mulheres negras vitimadas pela violência doméstica em Vitória da Conquista - Bahia Autor(es): Rosário, Flávia Alves do Primeiro Orientador: Silva, Paula Cristina da Abstract: From colonial enslavement to processes analogous to modern slavery, the experience of the black body - especially that of black women - is still marked by systematic oppression that places this population on a constant path of exploitation and violation. In contrast to what is preached by hegemonic feminism, in which gender is seen as a central determinant in understanding the oppression experienced by women, the intersectional discussion calls us to think about how black women experience inequalities imposed in the most diverse areas in which a racist, sexist and classist society presents itself. Thus, the literature points out that the dimensions of race and gender, among other categories, are determining factors in the way black women experience a reality in which racism leads to situations of violence, evidenced by constant and growing victimization data. The objective of this study is to investigate the phenomenon of domestic violence through the eyes of black women who live with this reality. It is based on the understanding that race and gender are not combined oppressions, but rather intertwined categories that inseparably shape their experiences. Through semi-structured interviews, reports were collected from eight women monitored by the Albertina Vasconcelos Reference Center (CRAV) in Vitória da Conquista, Bahia. Orality made it possible to identify how the racial perspective appears in these women's experiences with domestic violence - in family, affective-sexual relationships and in coping strategies. It was also observed that the very state mechanisms created to protect them often fail in their function, operating as “war machines” of the State. In view of this, even with legislative, epistemological and social advances, there are endless challenges to be faced, mainly in the institutional field, which is still a product of what has been socially established over the years. Editora / Evento / Instituição: Universidade Federal da Bahia Tipo: Dissertação 2025-09-12T00:00:00Z