The presence of technologies in traditional communities is currently occurring as a result of
technical and scientific advances that have been expanded and consolidated by the
globalization process. This dissertation presents the influence of the insertion of technologies
from external sources to the community, in the traditional way of life of the quilombola
community Groton in Philadelphia - TO. he research aimed to understand the uses and
interferences of different technologies in the livelihoods of the Quilombola Grotão
community. The methodological construction was based on Oral History, since it intends to
go beyond the investigation of quilombola cultural practices and the resignifications caused
by the use of technologies, and also has the intention of analyzing and problematizing the
meaning of speeches of the remaining quilombolas. Interviews were used, based on the life
history, application of open and semi-structured questionnaires, evidencing deponents
according to some criteria, such as the age group and its social role within the community. In
this sense, emphasis was placed on the patriarchs, the leaderships and the quilombolas who
stood out through their trajectory in the community. This research also used documentary
sources, originated from books, theses, dissertations, articles, websites. The theoretical
framework allowed us to base and support the construction of all research, as field knowledge
is a great contribution to the understanding of the current dynamics in the community and
knowledge of the existing technological devices. The dissertation addresses, in the general
context, the historical slavery issue in Brazil and a brief explanation about the quilombolas in
the states of Tocantins and Maranhão. It presents a discussion about traditional communities
and the appropriation of techniques and technology, addressing the changes and permanences
mediated by them. It also refers to cultural practices, technical-technological uses,
contemporary appropriations and re-significances, highlighting the succinct process of
modifications that occurred in the community, especially after the implementation of electric
energy, to the present day with the use of television and the mobile telephony. It is concluded
that there are multiple techniques and technologies, connected to the dynamics of everyday
life in the Grotto community. The community handles much more technique and technology
than can be expected from a community as a remnant of quilombo in the quest for its
maintenance and survival in the current days.
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