Interiorização do Atlântico e da Diáspora africana para a América: : O modo de fazer afro-indígena na arquitetura de tradição colonial na Chapada da Diamantina

Abstract

The article aims to present some research results that aim to highlight the relevance of the patrimonial heritage maintained by the Afro-indigenous way of doing things in the architecture of the colonial land tradition in Chapada da Diamantina, in Bahia.  The hypothesis raised is that this cultural heritage was maintained, as these historical subjects applied specialized knowledge in such buildings through the construction technique called rammed earth, a specialty brought across the Atlantic through the African diaspora to America, which was internalized and refined in contact with the architectural knowledge of the original peoples in the process of occupation of the region. To this end, an interdisciplinary methodology was developed that focused on the analysis of preserved architectural assets and intangible knowledge, taken as historical documents.