Portuñol és la língua del futuro
How do communities interact in different territories? In an immigration context, how does the appropriation of the city become a tool for resistance and cultural preservation? In this graphic and performative experiment, we observe how language is a crucial element of resistance, connection, and belonging.
¿Vamos hablar portuñol?
Authors: Crislayne O. Marques, Isadora Pinheiro, and Renato Mamede
Supervised by: Celso Longo, Daniel Trench, and Francesco Perrotta-Bosch.
Supervised by: Celso Longo, Daniel Trench, and Francesco Perrotta-Bosch.
The City as a Support. This was the second challenge of the postgraduate course in "Graphic Design and the City", offered by Escola da Cidade.
By questioning authority in the territory and representativeness in the city of São Paulo, we approached Latin American communities living in this metropolis.
Before the field experiences, we spoke with experts and constructed hypotheses that language would be a barrier to access and integration for these immigrants who have Spanish as their mother tongue.
Observing the occupation patterns of these immigrants in São Paulo, we learned that Rua Coimbra, in the central region, is an environment for meeting, working, and socializing for a large part of the Latin American community. The place then emerges as a potential support for the dialogue we intended to establish, a point of confrontation for Brazilians with their controversially Latin identity.
How to promote exchange and integrate our communities? Portuñol is our guiding thread in a performance on Rua Coimbra that aims to highlight dialogue as a tool for cultural exchange and connection.
Beyond establishing a focused dialogue, the project sought to affirm the relevance of Portuñol (a mix of Portuguese and Spanish) to Latin American communication.
