Palestinian memories: sonorous practices of an existential exile

• Grant number: 23/04427-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: November 01, 2023
• End date: October 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Anthropology
• Principal Investigator: Francirosy Campos Barbosa
• Grantee: Isabella Almeida de Abreu Aquino
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The Zionist colonization in Palestine that started at the end of the 19th century caused the displacement of thousands of Palestinian families all over the world. However, seven decades after the Nakba, the Palestinian people's bond and memory for their land could not be erased. This research project aims to understand how Palestinian artists from the city of São Paulo build the memory of their land through musical practices. Sound performances, the playing of instruments, recited poetry and sung songs are profoundly eloquent if listened to in detail. The purpose is to understand how these artistic practices attribute meaning to the experience of permanent exile, experienced since birth by those Palestinians born outside their homeland.