Almanaque como patrimônio afetivo: colecionismo e autobiografia em Santa Inês, Bahia

Abstract

The almanacs are printed materials that had great repercussion in Brazil and were very influential objects in the literacy process and in the trajectory of many of its readers. Between the 19th and 20th centuries, they obtained significant print runs and reached the height of their popularity, arriving at the most diverse and distant regions of the country, spreading scientific knowledge and multiple learning forms through a playful and accessible language. Connected to the life trajectories of many readers, the almanacs motivated affections, provided cultural exchanges and, in the different spaces in which they were inserted, became a source of collecting and knowledge. This dissertation highlights the almanacs as affective patrimonies in Santa Inês/Bahia, through the interfaces between collecting, heritage and autobiography. Based on a qualitative methodology aligned with autobiographical writing, it articulates literature review, document analysis and collection of testimonies, demonstrating different memories triggered by almanacs in the period from 1980 to 1990, when they were most popular in the city. The aim is to understand the circulation, the typologies, the contributions to the habit of reading and collecting, demonstrating how it constituted an affective heritage for a portion of residents of Santa Inês/Bahia.