African imaginary in the archaeological study of the quilombos

Abstract

The imaginary understood as an atmosphere surrounded by symbolic systems that are images of described thoughts. I study the imaginary field of Gilbert Durand and investigate the atmosphere of the production of Brazilian historical and archaeological research, conducted in Rio Grande do Sul, in recent years, on the formation of the Quilombos. I notice that, from the imaginary of researchers based on their publications, the Eurocentric and model form and I present an alternative by searching of the imaginary protagonists, enabling a renewal in the ideas that gestate archaeological research on the topic. This possibility happens through a shared archeology.