Knox, WinifredFarias, Pedro Henrique Bezerra de2023-10-252023-10-252023-06-29FARIAS, Pedro Henrique Bezerra de. Saber-fazer tramas e resistências de mulheres na casa das bordadeiras em Timbaúba dos Batistas (RN): olhares sobre gênero, trabalho e renda e identidade regional. 2023. 150 f. Orientadora: Winifred Knox. Dissertação (Mestrado em Estudos Urbanos e Regionais) - Centro de Ciências Humanas, Letras e Artes, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2023.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/55101The embroidery from Seridó is a centuries-old craft brought during the Portuguese colonization, heavily influenced by the Madeira Island, and disseminated among the region's women through home-based education. Throughout the 20th century, the textile industry in Seridó underwent significant transformations, facing a crisis starting in the 1980s, which resulted in a massive exodus from the region. Subsequently, there was a restructuring of the production landscape, marked by the establishment of hat shops, clothing manufacturers, knitwear factories, and hammock weaving, among others. Over the past decade, embroidery has undergone a shift in its production model, transitioning from a traditional context to penetrate the dominant globalized fashion market. This study aims to explore the production model and the intersections of gender, development, and decoloniality. It does so through a case study that delves into the life stories of embroiderers and their journeys at Casa das Bordadeiras in Timbaúba dos Batistas, located in the Seridó Potiguar territory. The initial inquiry revolves around the social and economic importance of embroidery as a means of achieving financial autonomy for women in the region. In terms of methodology, we submitted a structured questionnaire to twenty embroiderers to obtain a comprehensive understanding of their experiences. To establish a deeper connection with the embroiderers, we conducted a participatory workshop, during which a problem tree and a basket of fruit-solutions were collaboratively created with the women. In addition, the study involved a challenge called the “Embroiderers’ Log,” which required participants to document their daily routines for seven days, with six of them having successfully completed the log. Among the eleven workshop participants, six, corresponding to 55%, showed interest and availability, and also participated in a semi-structured interview through which their life trajectories were reconstructed. Semistructured interviews were also carried out with representatives involved in the craft production sector in Rio Grande do Norte. Our findings revealed that 65% of the research participants earn an income of up to 1 minimum wage, even while juggling two or more work shifts, with up to fifteen hours of daily work, with no contracts or formalization. The results highlight Casa das Bordadeiras as a territory full of experiences of resistance, an essential element for discussing Territorial Development Policies from a non-hegemonic perspective, which considers embroidery as cultural heritage, based on the strengthening of regional identity and the recently acquired geographical indication label, aiming to overcome the exodus from the region and ensure employment and income for their inhabitantsAcesso Abertobordadorendadesenvolvimento territorialidentidade regionalSaber-fazer tramas e resistências de mulheres na casa das bordadeiras em Timbaúba dos Batistas (RN): olhares sobre gênero, trabalho e renda e identidade regionalmasterThesis