The rules behind the game: Michel de Certeau’s historiographical operation in Wlamyra R. Albuquerque’s work

Abstract

This paper proposes to apply Michel de Certeau’s matrix to a historiographic work, O jogo da dissimulação: abolição e cidadania negra no Brasil, written by Wlamyra Ribeiro Albuquerque, in such a way as to map the three components of historiographical operation: social place, practices, and writing. Through the analysis of elements which the discourse does not speak of it will be shown the level of participation of the historian in the process of the research realization. From this procedure results the possibility of monitoring in the fullest extent the historical speech produced, ratifying the scientific character of historical knowledge, in addition to promoting current reflection on historical issues.