Fernando Rocha Lecture

Writing and the Practice of Circulating/A escrita e o circular no espaço
In his The Practice of Everyday Life Michel de Certeau proposes a reading of the way users do things, such as occupying space. His objective was to restore to consumption its own productive side and to perceive users not only as the bearers of structures that Marx proposed. Theoretically, de Certeau’s view allows for a valuable analysis of users’ practices; yet, how does his theory fare if we read it alongside narratives written by those who are on the absolute margins of consumption? In order to answer this question, we will pursue the notion of “circulating” in Carolina Maria de Jesus’ diaries.
Talk will be in English/Portuguese.
Sponsored by the Latin American Studies Program