Crochet memory

affective Culture in biographical objects

Abstract

Any object can become a biographical object from the construction of the facts, the time and
the environment where it was inserted, in relation to human life. To understand the importance
of the affective relationships between human beings and their biographical objects is the
main objective for the development of this work. Including, it seeks to identify the relevance
of affective relationships between people, by means of crocheting and its positive reflections
for the collective memory. This bibliographical, qualitative research, which, in an expository
way, recreates a theoretical context. By social design methodological approaches, it uses
studies of articles and other scientific products. The affective relationships that are installed
between human beings and these objects can also define the time, the place, the life history
of an individual or social group, in short, situate the territory. Crochet handicraft can be
executed in a group and, consequently, by group dedication, it becomes a tradition. It was
observed that crochet can be applied to any object, as long as the creative potential and
the research of materials are used. To meet the collective work, raw materials are sought
in the region. It drives the movement of revaluing the “handmade”. In this way, it becomes
possible to insert the affective relationships with the objects, the places, and the entire life
history of an individual or social group.