Memoração e negritude LGBTQIAPN+: o FASC como objeto de representação e precepção digital da cultura afrosergipana (2017-2025)

Abstract

This study aims to understand the construction and perpetuation of the social imaginary, memory, and cultural identity of the Black LGBTQIAP+ community in Sergipe, with a focus on the Festival of Arts of São Cristóvão (FASC). The research analyzes how the festival, created in 1972, has served as a space of cultural resistance and affirmation of Afro-Sergipano identity, particularly between 2017 and 2025. By examining posts and interactions on FASC’s official social media platforms, as well as the cultural practices presented during the event, the study identifies representations of Black culture and the dialogues between local and national narratives. The methodology combines netnography (Kozinets, 2015) and content analysis of the festival’s social media, along with related academic texts. The dissertation engages with the concepts of memory (Adichie, 2008, 2017, 2019), social representations (Moscovici, 2003), and decoloniality (Quijano, 2005; Mignolo, 2011), in addition to key authors such as Carneiro (2003), Hall (2003), Ribeiro (2017), Almeida (2019), and Pinheiro (2023), to analyze how the festival has positioned itself as a space of visibility for Afro-Brazilian culture, while simultaneously confronting challenges related to the exoticization and stereotyping of AfroSergipano cultural practices. The findings indicate that, despite significant achievements, FASC still faces issues of exclusion and invisibility in curatorial processes concerning the records of the Black LGBTQIAP+ community. The analysis also reveals how cultural resistance is articulated through performances, narratives, and the appropriation of Afro-Brazilian memories, which are re-signified in digital interactions and organizational practices. Thus, the dissertation contributes to understanding the role of FASC in the construction of memory, identity, and Black cultural resistance in Sergipe, while also fostering a critical reflection on the contradictions within the state’s cultural landscape.