Quando a terra se refaz em corpo-território

This essay stems from a haunting question that lingers with me: what remains of the territory when the body is uprooted from the place that constituted it? I begin with the fundamental understanding that the body is not reduced to mere matter or biology, but is configured as a sociocultural and affective construction that we learn to inhabit, feel, and enact through the continuous relationships and bonds we establish with the world. From this conceptual perspective, I bring the notion of corpo-território closer to the complex experiences of forced displacement, memory, and violence, seeking to understand how and in what ways a territory can continue to exist and gain new meaning when physical presence is no longer possible. Through this essay, I analyze how territorial marks are inscribed within subjectivities and how narratives of memory serve as strategies of resistance against the erasure and loss of belonging caused by processes of expropriation or violence. It is argued that the symbolic dimension of territory survives in bodily practices, affections, and the ongoing reconstruction of identity in exile or displacement.