THE FLOWERS OF MEMORY: AN ANALYSIS OF THE HISTORY OF RURAL EDUCATION IN NOVA IGUAÇU – RJ THROUGH THE MUNICIPALIZED SCHOOL JARDIM MONTEVIDÉO.
History of Education; Memory; Rural Education in Nova Iguaçu – RJ.
The preservation of cultural and collective memory in Brazil is a highly complex topic, requiring a series of factors and relationships that exist in the experiences of diverse individuals. Remembrance and preservation, as reflected in narratives, are crucial, particularly with regard to the construction of the identity of peoples and groups. In this sense, this doctoral research proposes to reflect on the history of education in Brazil, through the relevant history of the Jardim Montevidéo Municipal School, established as a Rural School, located in the municipality of Nova Iguaçu, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. To support this thesis, in-depth mnemonic research was undertaken to understand the historical-social processes present in the daily practices of the individuals who make up the school community, defined as peasant, under study. Thus, studies on history and memory were fundamental, as they represent the way in which humanity develops mechanisms for preserving information—that is, the way in which we store, individually or collectively, selected knowledge. Thus, collective memory is constituted by a set of individual memories. According to Halbwachs (1990), individual memories, when grouped, can contribute to the evocation of the historical construction of a given population or society, which gradually becomes established, transcending collective boundaries to the point of promoting historical construction. Through these approaches, oral tradition, documentary, and bibliographical research were the main methodologies used to understand the cultural issues necessary for the development of the research. In this context, in the case of Rural Education, this condition is quite evident, as its actors are made up of a profusion of multiple subjects (farmers, riverside communities, Indigenous people, quilombolas, landless people, among others). Because of this set of cultures, rural schools require a more contextualized analysis, intrinsically linked to resistance, represented by social movements, especially those fighting for land, such as the MST, in order to overcome the inadequacy based on principles of an entirely urban nature (Caldart, 2012). Finally, the thesis presents a deep reflection on the History of Education, based on the analysis of rural subjects and their knowledge, being relevant in expressing characteristics of peasant identity, expressed in the historical-social construction of the Brazilian population itself, marked by class conflicts.