Traditional Knowledge in “Salvar o fogo” by Itamar Vieira Júnior: Religion, Oral Knowledge and Gender

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the consequences of the disqualification of traditional knowledge, using the work Save the Fire, by Itamar Vieira Júnior, published in 2023. The analysis of this work highlights the disqualification of traditional knowledge from the imposition of the Christian religion by the colonizers, especially how it impacted women. Also reflecting the relationship of this imposition with religions of African and Amerindian origins. Save the Fire has a narrative with elements of orality, faith and ancestral knowledge. For the studies, the methodology began with the reading and interpretation of the work, for the study of the theoretical framework, authors such as Walsh (2012), Federici (2004), Césaire (1968), among others, were used, who deal with of themes such as memory and decolonial studies, feminisms.