Making-homes-territories

worlds stored in women's stories

Abstract

This article presents reflections on the interconnections between women, homes, activities and territories based on fragments from the lives of Urçula and Luzia, mother and daughter, who are mobilized as testimonies of extended temporalities and territorialities, from the 1940s to the present day, from the hinterlands of Ceará to large Brazilian capitals such as Fortaleza and São Paulo. Their experiences highlight the need to consider gender when dealing with housing; the link between different homes in the constitution of “house configurations” that function in networks of relationships nurtured especially by women; the interconnection between activities and territory, in this specific case, embroidery in its domestic production and its implications in the socioeconomic and spatial dynamics of the Taperuaba district, as well as in the configurations of the homes of women embroiderers. These stories also reveal networks of care and daily practices, permeated by physical and social displacements, reflecting an intricate web of relationships that are crucial for a deeper understanding of socio-spatial issues in Brazil, highlighting the importance of recognizing and valuing the diversity of ways of inhabiting and building territories.