Dramatização sobre monumentos coloniais e práticas decoloniais

Abstract

A dramatization about colonial monuments and decolonial practices, this work is based on the theoretical-methodological approach of queer dismantling of the monumental to critically reflect on symbolic disputes surrounding memory and history. Taking as a turning point the death of George Floyd (in 2020) and the subsequent global wave of protests against colonial monuments—with episodes recorded in countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Brazil—the work proposes a dramaturgical fictionalization of the burning of the statue of bandeirante Borba Gato, which occurred in São Paulo (in 2021). Through an exchange of messages between three female characters, a non-canonical narrative is constructed, challenging normative practices and questioning conventions of academic writing. By adopting a dramaturgical and essayistic aesthetic, the text aims to both propose new forms of knowledge production and critically discuss the legacies of colonial history.