A cultura da criança quilombola: leitura referenciada em estudo, relatos orais e imagens

Abstract

This research on "The culture of Quilombola child: reading referenced in studies, oral reports and images", aimed to understand the processes and products of children cultures, based in the contexts of children’s life in African-descendants communities of Furnas do Dionísio and Furnas da Boa Sorte. For its development, the first’s questions were: Are there children's cultures formed among quilombolas children of Furnas do Dionísio and the Furnas da Boa Sorte? What processes and products such crops are expressed? The strategies used sustain itself on the assumptions of qualitative research, and methodological route chosen for its development was based on review of the literature on theoretical studies, records of oral reports, photographs and comments on understanding the processes of quilombolas children and their families. This research, is based on theoretical constructs of the sociology of childhood, which recognizes the child as an actor social and historical subject, holder and producer of culture, as the communities studied showed that it is in the relationship between the adult and child placed in their social context that are established relationships that allow them to build and rebuild its cultural and educational processes. The context of the search takes place in the communities of Furnas do Dionísio, in the municipality of Jaraguari, and the Furnas da Boa Sorte, in Corguinho, both of them in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Many authors support the development of this research, offering the elements to the theoretical reflections made throughout the text and for triggering the analysis made on the basis of data collected. Among them, there are Demartini (2002), Chau (1989) Farias (2005), Quinteiro (2002) and Galzerani (2002), Kramer (1996) and Riley (1997, 2003, 2004, 2005), Jeveau (1997), Corsaro (2005), Mollo-Bouvier (1994). The study allowed us to identify aspects of the cultures of quilombolas children, subject of study. The work is based on the assumption that the recognition of cultural expressions and manifestations present in the playing, legends, told stories, songs and dances, contribute to the enhancement and preservation of the cultural universe of those communities. The research enabled us to assimilate the important elements to understanding the different conceptions of childhood in education and culture in everyday life and social relationships established in quilombola communities, among children the same age, between children of different ages, and between them and the adults. We note also that children living cultural processes are related to their relatives, many of which passed from generation to generation. However, there are no social mechanisms for preservation of their own cultures, so the research works are essential for registration and preservation of culture.