Abstract
Introduction
Occupational Therapy discusses its actions through a critical decolonial perspective based on the grounds of social justice and human rights in order to promote access to cultural production thus valuing the knowledge and practices of historically social minorities. This study proposes a follow-up to Congada which is an Afro-Brazilian artistic-cultural community.
Objective
This study aims to understand the performance of Occupational Therapy in the culture field from the description of the trajectory of Congada as well as its political and social demands.
Method
A qualitative study in which personal experiences were collected. The research was developed taking into consideration the data collection and was subdivided into two sets which consisted of three individual interviews recorded in audio and also in the direct event observation of Ternos de congada.
Results
The data analysis process has generated two categories: “Ternos de Congada Daily Life, from the past to the present: Memories and its Trajectory” that describes Congada timeline through its participant’s recollections; and “Institutionalities and coloniality in the marginalization of popular culture: achievements and demands of congada groups”.
Conclusion
The ethical-political practice of the career, when embracing artistic and cultural productions that are forged amid colonialism, should adopt a new epistemic posture that places marginalized groups in the central narratives. This perspective encompasses the understanding that the cultural praxis of marginalized cultural groups and communities gains political and identity features and historical memory that should be contemplated in the production of knowledge and practices in Occupational Therapy.
Keywords:
Culture; Occupational Therapy; Social Justice