Atafona: records of a world in ruins

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-3123.gis.2023.196896

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Atafona, Anthropocene, Ruins, Social memory, Erosion

Abstract

Atafona is a beach located in Northern Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to which the Paraíba do Sul River flows after traveling hundreds of kilometers and crossing three federal states. Over the 20th century, Atafona was a seaside resort for a regional elite, who built their summer houses there and lived the place, for more than four generations, as an environment for leisure, meetings, parties, and other social gatherings. In the second half of the 20th century, the sea water began to advance towards the built-up area of Atafona, “swallowing” its houses, streets, and blocks. The landscape was gradually transformed into an exhibition of ruins. This essay presents images of the Atafona ruins, taken at different moments of the 21st century, to tell a little of its history and landscape transformations.

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  • Carlos Abraão Moura Valpassos, Universidade Federal Fluminense

    Carlos Abraão Moura Valpassos holds a PhD in Human Sciences, with an emphasis on Cultural Anthropology, from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, 2011); and Master in Anthropology from the Fluminense Federal University (UFF, 2006). He attended the Bachelor of Social Sciences at the State University of Norte Fluminense - Darcy Ribeiro (UENF). He is currently a professor at the Department of Social Sciences at the Universidade Federal Fluminense and at the Graduate Program in Social Policies at the Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense – Darcy Ribeiro. He coordinates Atena - Atelier of Ethnographies and Anthropolitical Narratives – and is a researcher at the Institute for Comparative Studies in Conflict Management – INCT-InEAC. Email: cvalpassos@id.uff.br

  • Juliana Blasi Cunha, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense

    Juliana Blasi Cunha holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of São Paulo (USP, 2014); and Master in Anthropology from the Fluminense Federal University (UFF, 2007). She attended the graduation in Social Sciences at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Graduate Program in Political Sociology at the State University of Norte Fluminense – Darcy Ribeiro, coordinates Atena/UFF – Atelier of Ethnographies and Anthropolitical Narratives –, is a member of GEPUR/UENF – Group of Studies and Urban and Regional Research – and the Núcleo Norte Fluminense of the Observatório das Metrópoles (IPPUR/UFRJ). She is also a researcher at the Institute for Comparative Studies in Conflict Management – INCT-InEAC. Email: jblasicunha@gmail.com

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2023-04-20

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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2023)

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Valpassos, Carlos Abraão Moura, and Juliana Blasi Cunha. 2023. “Atafona: Records of a World in Ruins”. GIS - Gesture, Image and Sound - Anthropology Journal 8 (1): e196896. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-3123.gis.2023.196896.