AFROSOUNDSCAPE

AN AFRODIASPORIC SENSE FOR THE PERCEPTION OF GEOGRAPHIC SPACE

Abstract

This article presents the process of developing a conceptual interpretation of the geographic landscape. It is an investigation of the relationship between black corporealities and the production of Africanized spaces in the diaspora, which has been developed based on the observation of sound elements in Black Places-Territories. Thus, what we have called the Afrodiasporic Soundscape, or Afrosoundscape, refers to an afroperspective for the perception of geographic space based on how it manifests itself as a landscape. The study presents reports of experiences of immersion in these places-territories, some procedures for constructing intersubjective interpretations of landscape, as well as a dialogue with several authors, including geographers, philosophers and professors from different areas and origins, whose thoughts bring important contributions to the aforementioned approach. Taking into account some African and Afrodiasporic meanings of Body, Person and Word, the study discusses a greater adaptation of the idea of ​​Afrosoundscape to Afrodiasporic world-sense based on direct observation and attentive listening in maroon communities in Rio Grande do Sul and Rio de Janeiro, as well as through compositions of sound and audiovisual narratives that have been confirming the theoretical-practical meaning of a trajectory of knowledge production between activism, arts and science. From this perspective, the relevance of the body as a perceptive totality integrated into space is highlighted, in the process of perceiving landscapes, creating worlds and the re-Africanization of places-territories in the context of the diaspora.