Uma história alimentar, religiosa e global : a comunidade turca de Caxias do Sul e o Halal

Abstract

The 21st century was inaugurated with a pivotal event crucial for its understanding on various scales, particularly in terms of comprehending the relationships between Eastern and Western peoples. Throughout the first quarter of this century, these relationships have increasingly been based on prejudices and hostile acts by states or terrorist groups, fostering a global perception and mindset of a divide between the Muslim world and the Western Christian world. However, these relations are established through more dynamic circumstances, beyond official ones, and it is through these interactions that we can identify the concrete points of contact between different cultures in this world: a human contact, enveloped in political, religious, and cultural complexities, which shapes the everyday lives of the people involved and forms the basis for their identity in a globalized world. Therefore, the objective of this research is to identify, through the observation of the experiences of the Turkish community living in the city of Caxias do Sul, the relationships and identity constructions of this Muslim community through their pursuit of halal food in their daily lives. By utilizing interdisciplinary concepts found in political science and the humanities, the complex network of dynamic migratory flows of the 21st century, the intricate international relations of the context, and oral history that captures the sensitivities of individual experiences. Based on this study, a proposal for a dynamic relationship with the population was developed, aiming to provide an understanding of complex concepts through the technological dynamics of today via multimedia communication applications, highlighting the Turkish community's experience in a local-global relationship. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]