Paisagem, lugar de memória e mapeamento participativo na comunidade quilombola de Mandira (Cananeia, Brasil)

The objective of the research was to carry out a participatory mapping of memory geographies when the Quilombola community of Mandira (Brazil) lived near the Mandira River and Fazenda Andrade, in a temporality that covers the final years of the 19th century to the year 1975, integrating collaborative narratives in the non-hegemonic historical construction and cultural valorization. The elders' memories evoked fragments of stories from the way of life of the past, related to landscapes and places. From 1965 onwards, many transformations took place, culminating in the relocation of part of the community to the eastern end of the territory, after the land expropriation process in 1975. As a result, the rural neighborhood of their ancestors was abandoned and the forests entered a process of ecological succession, however this place is claimed to be annexed to the territory. Thus, the fact that they resist in their territory and the power of memory contributed to this research supporting the struggle and affirmation of identity.