Um mês na Serra de Monchique em busca do fogo | A month in the Monchique mountains in search of fire | jun 2022
Título | Title
Um mês na Serra de Monchique em busca do fogo | A month in the Monchique mountains in search of fire | jun 2022
Data | Date
1-30/6/2022
Notícia | News
No dia 1 de junho, dois investigadores (Joana Sousa e Miguel Carmo) viajaram para Monchique para um primeiro período de trabalho de campo junto de pessoas que habitam ou habitaram os vários territórios que constituem a (mais vasta do que aparenta) Serra de Monchique. Focados num primeiro momento em estratégias de rememoração de práticas agrícolas de fogo e nas dinâmicas de ocupação/desocupação da serra dos anos 1940 a 1970, isto é, na infância e juventude dos entrevistados, foram surgindo algumas narrativas detalhadas de usos que desapareceram do quotidiano da serra há cerca de 50 anos. Deu-se também início à pesquisa no Arquivo Municipal de Silves e na Coopachique e fizemos as primeiras diligências para chegar aos diferentes fundos comarcãs relativos ao espaço da Serra (Monchique, Silves, Portimão e Lagos) e ao, até agora inacessível, Arquivo Municipal de Monchique.
On June 1 two researchers (Joana Sousa and Miguel Carmo) traveled to Monchique for a first period of fieldwork with people who live or have lived in the various territories that make up the (larger than it seems) serra. Focusing initially on strategies for remembering agricultural fire practices and the dynamics of occupation/disoccupation from the 1940s to the 1970s (i.e. during the childhood and youth of most of the interviewees) some detailed narratives emerged of uses that have disappeared from the daily life of the serra over 50 years ago. We also started researching in the Municipal Archive of Silves and in Coopachique agricultural cooperative and made the first steps to reach the judicial funds relating to the serra (Monchique, Silves, Portimão and Lagos) and the so far inaccessible Municipal Archive of Monchique.
On June 1 two researchers (Joana Sousa and Miguel Carmo) traveled to Monchique for a first period of fieldwork with people who live or have lived in the various territories that make up the (larger than it seems) serra. Focusing initially on strategies for remembering agricultural fire practices and the dynamics of occupation/disoccupation from the 1940s to the 1970s (i.e. during the childhood and youth of most of the interviewees) some detailed narratives emerged of uses that have disappeared from the daily life of the serra over 50 years ago. We also started researching in the Municipal Archive of Silves and in Coopachique agricultural cooperative and made the first steps to reach the judicial funds relating to the serra (Monchique, Silves, Portimão and Lagos) and the so far inaccessible Municipal Archive of Monchique.
Serra da Lapa, 6 de agosto de 2020