Popcorn and fabulation in the dissemination of afro-indigenous contributions to brazilian food and immaterial culture

Abstract

The article highlights the initiative of the Pirapoca Project, inspired by the works of Débora Bolsoni and Ayrson Heráclito, aiming for a reenchantment of traditional foods and promoting engagement in the defense of a Brazilian and sustainable mayze culture. The approach involves playful workshops, exploring mayze in various ways to create a circuit of sensory experiments. The text explores the intersection between indigenous and Afro-Brazilian communities in preserving mayze culture and emphasizes the importance of reclaiming food traditions. It reflects on the current urban context's disconnection from the social memory of mayze and discusses its cultural vulnerability in the face of agribusiness and the influence of American cinema. The research utilizes Bolsoni's and Heráclito's works of art to highlight the survival of mayze culture and its contribution to Brazilian cultural identity. In addition, the article proposes a deeper understanding of the "mayze culture" in the Americas and concludes by encouraging the preservation of food traditions and the appreciation of mayze culture as an act of preserving Brazilian identity.