SIMBIOSE

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51359/2526-3781.2020.248757

Keywords:

Traditional Midwife, Symbiosis, Knowledge.

Abstract

The film was thought as a conversation. The house, the space where the midwives work, was the setting. Prazeres’ life story and her constant construction and incorporation of knowledge are at the center of the narrative. Her first experience as a midwife happened when she had to deliver a baby because her mother, the midwife of the community, was not available. Practical experience gave her the knowledge she needed to welcome a newborn baby. Curiosity – “I was very curious, you know”- prompted her to try to find out what “the other side” was like. The training as a nurse midwife took her beyond her community and enabled her to use distinct languages in her area of expertise. As Prazeres is pure word, the film took the form of an intimate conversation about the meanings of being a midwife. According to her, to be a midwife is to be a mother, a companion, a friend, a conflict mediator, a judge, a lawyer. Being a midwife is a symbiosis.

Author Biography

Júlia Morim, Museu da Parteira

Antropóloga, realizadora audivisual e integrante da equipe do Museu da Parteira

Published

2021-01-11