Elogiemos os pescadores ilustres da praia de Piatã: estudo de antropologia visual sobre pesca artesanal, trabalho e autonomia na cidade

Abstract

Two dimensions are interrelated in this research, artisanal fishing, work and autonomy in the city, creating a privileged opportunity for an anthropological study. The narrative follows the trail traveled in search of understanding what is becoming a fisherman in the city and the phenomenon of the permanence of artisanal fishermen on the beaches of the capital Salvador, Bahia. It is a study in which the importance of the images has been present since its conception. Anthropology as a constant and disciplined investigation of the conditions and potentials of human life, along the lines of Tim Ingold, is taken as a theoretical framework. Field research has developed in two distinct stages. The first stage, for educational and instrumental purposes, took place in fishing villages and traditional communities around the Bay of All Saints. In the second stage, when the long-term participant observation was developed, the fishing colony of Piatã Beach was chosen, located in Itapuã, a neighborhood that was once an old fishermen's village. In the colony of Piatã was accompanied the daily work and made a documentary record of the practical and symbolic strategies of the fishermen of this unique colony. The everyday life of artisanal urban fishing is presented through a photographic and textual narrative based on what has been experienced and the stories of some of the principal fishermen of Piatã. A part of what has been observed is presented exclusively with photographs. Among the developments that occurred during the research, the experience of building a boat artisanally stands out. At the end of the study, a brief meso-history of fishing was constructed in Salvador, to better contextualize the study undertaken.