Processos de construção identitária sociocultural: Caso da comunidade Goesa da Catembe

Abstract

This research project has as its theme “Sociocultural Identity Construction Processes”, in the particular case of the Goan community of Catembe, which is composed of a group of descendants of Goan immigrants who came to Mozambique in search of better living conditions. The presence in a social context where they presented themselves as a minority group raised the need to continue their socio-cultural practices. My main objective is to analyze the mechanisms of production and reproduction of the socio-cultural identity developed by the Goan community of Catembe that allow us to understand how its members preserve values, in order to guarantee their continuity over time. My analysis focuses on the particularities of the group in question, more particularly on cultural aspects, social representations and mechanisms for preserving sociocultural identity. This project corresponds to a first contact with the community, offering elementary data with the possibility of opening a field for further studies.