Rainhas de um beiradão urbano: memória, identidades e história digital no coletivo político-artístico Tupiniqueen em Manaus (2018-2020)

Abstract

This research analyzes the processes of identity and memory construction within the political-artistic collective Tupiniqueen, active in the city of Manaus between 2018 and 2020. The research articulates individual and collective memory, adopting oral life history as its main methodological approach and engaging with digital history to analyze sources produced and circulated in virtual environments. Tupiniqueen emerges as a space of cultural, political, and affective production led by Indigenous, Black, and LGBTQIA+ artists who occupy both urban space and cyberspace as a means of asserting existence, visibility, and belonging. The study is based on the collection, transcription, and analysis of memory narratives from collective members, as well as the observation of their artistic productions and digital traces on social media platforms. Drawing on authors such as Maurice Halbwachs, Michael Pollak, Ecléa Bosi, Alessandro Portelli, and Anita Lucchesi, memory is discussed as a socially constructed phenomenon shaped by symbolic and political disputes. By incorporating digital history approaches, the research addresses contemporary challenges related to the preservation, classification, and interpretation of historical sources born in cyberspace. The study argues that the narratives produced by the Tupiniqueen collective constitute a form of cultural resistance and counter-hegemonic memory-making, capable of challenging historical silences and expanding the possibilities for writing the history of the present in urban Amazonia.