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Artefacts, sociabilities and sensitivities: material culture in São Paulo Village (1580-1640)

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Author(s):
Luciana da Silva
Total Authors: 1
Document type: Master's Dissertation
Press: Campinas, SP.
Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas
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Examining board members:
Leila Mezan Algranti; Maria Aparecida Menezes Borrego; Milena Fernandes Maranho
Advisor: Leila Mezan Algranti
Abstract

This research is related to the analyses of the material culture and São Paulo relationships, between 1580 and 1640, consisting in inventories and wills. We would like, through the material life study, present the daily of the people who lived in the village of São Paulo and shows which was the main way to relation done through the objects and goods. We are going to think about these social relationships on family and neighborhood, to reach the sensitivity of village's residents related to individuals and things. We are going to investigate and understand the conditions of resident's material life in the São Paulo plateau, even so their connection behavior with material culture, which are in the inventories. Through the study of specific aspects in the village and houses, we are going to know some of the limits and material possibilities in the society that was born in the region. We are going to analysis the social networks due to goods and objects, commercial, lending and division of the property. This trading shows the economic importance of the goods and objects, confirming the different levels of richness and poverty in the place. The trading prove the community of interests that connected the people in the same environment, since they changed, for a period of time, an item to person and after to other. The legacy and divisions collaborated to increase or decrease the birthright, unveiling and logical devices that marked the dynamics of its constitution and reconstitution. Over the wills, it's possible to see the aspects of the residents feelings, related the family, and the material legacy (AU)

FAPESP's process: 10/13183-8 - Artefacts, Sociabilities and sensitivities. Material Culture in São Paulo (1580-1640).
Grantee:Luciana da Silva
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master