Master's Thesis Defense Committee of ISONETE DO SOCORRO PERNA PEREIRA
A Master's thesis defense committee has been registered by the program.
STUDENT: ISONETE DO SOCORRO PERNA PEREIRA
DATE: November 28, 2025
TIME: 2:00 PM
LOCATION: Study Room of the Postgraduate Building of PPGCITE/ONLINE
TITLE:
LIVED AND UNWRITTEN STORIES: schooling in the São João Batista community, on Campompema Island, Abaetetuba-PA, from 1930 to 1940.
KEYWORDS:
Traditional community; Schooling; Memory; Orality.
PAGES: 130
MAJOR AREA: Humanities
AREA: Education
ABSTRACT:
This research addresses the schooling process in the São João Batista community, located on Campompema Island, in Abaetetuba-PA, during the period from 1930 to 1940. This context reinforces the importance of giving visibility to school narratives that, historically, remain on the margins of official records. Thus, the general objective of this research was to investigate the schooling process in the São João Batista community, located on Campompema Island, in Abaetetuba-PA, during the period from 1930 to 1940. Specifically, it sought to: 1) highlight the factors that influenced and contributed to the schooling process in the community; 2) reflect on the motivations of the students in the community, during the investigated period, in their pursuit of schooling, considering the absence of schools in the region and the lack of demand for schooling by the labor market at the time; and 3) to reveal the perceptions of students and residents of that period regarding the relevance of schooling in the analyzed context. The theoretical support includes Alberti (2005, 2008), Bosi (1994, 2003), Portelli (2010, 2016), among others who underpin the oral history approach and the valorization of narratives as a historical source. To understand the educational process in the riverside context, we refer to Molina (2012), Arroyo (2008, 2011), Caldart (2004, 2009) and other scholars who critically discuss the challenges and advances of Rural Education. The methodological approach is based on oral history as a research technique, through semi-structured interviews conducted with elderly people between 90 and 99 years old. The data analysis followed the principles of content analysis, allowing the systematization of narratives and the identification of meanings attributed to schooling. The research findings reveal a unique configuration of schooling in the community, expressed in three emerging categories: (1) schooling as a function and social responsibility of the community, evidenced by community involvement in valuing education; (2) (de)structuring of the school in the face of local limitations, highlighting improvised spaces, scarcity of resources, and adaptations to socioeconomic conditions; and (3) community-based re-signification of pedagogical practice, marked by the integration of local knowledge, informal learning, and the creation of their own educational strategies. These results point to a riverside education based on autonomy, affectivity, and sociocultural resistance, in which schooling, even in precarious conditions, was understood as a pillar in the construction of social and community identity. In this context, participants demonstrated remarkable resilience in their pursuit of education, valuing knowledge considered essential at the time, such as reading, writing their own name, and performing basic mathematical operations. Schooling, even in precarious conditions, was understood as a pillar in the construction of social and community identity. These findings reinforce the importance of sensitive listening to memories as a legitimate source of knowledge production, promoting the recognition of riverside school experiences that resist historical erasure. Based on this, the research broadens the meanings of education in Amazonian territories, contributing to a critical reading of schooling as a social practice, linked to the formation of identities, the valorization of local knowledge, and the promotion of community development.
EXAMINING COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Internal - 754.648.291-72 - FERNANDO MANUEL ROCHA DA CRUZ - UNIPORTO
Internal - 032.452.733-04 - NATANAEL CHARLES DA SILVA - UFRN
External to the Institution - RAQUEL AVARENGA SENA VENERA
President - 2657198 - VIVIAN DA SILVA LOBATO
