Para Rosi

: fotografias de memórias

Abstract

These photographs, integral aspects to this final project, display a compilation of family photography, an archive of the work of Rosa Mercedes Jaramillo Cabezas, Rosi Jaramillo, Ecuadorian pastry chef. The project includes family photographs and photographs of her work from around the 1930s until her death in 2005 juxtaposed with photographs taken in April 2022 of the tools of her trade, handwritten recipes and the people who worked alongside her and continue her legacy. In these images you can see her work in the pastry shop, and how it portrays the role of a woman who broke free from societal and social barriers of the time. It reflects the paradoxical relationship between her work in the traditional Ecuadorian pastry shop and the break with the conservative model of women in Ecuador in the 1950s. The preservation of the photographic archive is not only important on a personal and familial level, but also to preserve the memory and culture of a community. Photographs function as priceless documents that safeguard the record and memory of moments, of figures and of individual events that frame and are associated with relevant facts at a collective level. This is the objective of this project, a recognition of the figure of Rosi Jaramillo, a woman who knew how to build her autonomy at a time when this was very conditioned and restricted by social mandates.

Date of Award	6 Feb 2023
Original language	English
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Carlos Lobo (Supervisor)