Fermenting the inclusion

voices from the female everyday

Abstract

Female voices, confined to the domestic space, were victimized and silenced, with dreams and perspectives often curtailed. To subvert this logic, FermentAção wanted to listen, instrumentalize and produce consciousness, power and autonomy from the spaces experienced as limiting. The proposal, created with the community of Ocupação Vitória, Diamantina-MG, brought together women to reflect, develop the motivating guideline and define what learning and practices would be incorporated. The action was developed in the community kitchen, a resistance space that serves free meals from donations. Throughout the project, women went through moments of reflection about being a woman, to freely talk about their life experiences and dreams. Some defined what they wanted to learn and market. After workshops on yogurt, jams and hygiene - they created FermentAção Vitória as a space for the production of artisanal pizzas, in order to generate income and to increase family access to products. Pizzas were produced and tried by the local community. The menu was created with flavors defined by the group, as well as its logo. University students worked with awareness-raising reflections on being a woman, using biotechnology as ancient human knowledge, and combining academia with traditional cuisine, producing social and personal health, in a reality based-training based. The leadership plans a party with space for a pizza stand, as a means of publicizing community actions, raising income and improving acceptance. Faced with so many exclusion processes, the group faces the need for consistent acceptance to be able to market its product.