Banca de DEFESA: JANE EYRE OLIVEIRA ALEXANDRE

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STUDENT : JANE EYRE OLIVEIRA ALEXANDRE
DATE: 16/03/2026
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: via Google Meet.
TITLE:

The Land of the Cowboy": Production and Circulation of Knowledge in the Educational Book: Morada Nova: History in Construction (2020)

KEY WORDS:

Teaching History, Educational Books, Local History, Morada Nova

PAGES: 234
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUMMARY:

The production of educational books focused on local history has been created by memorialists, politicians, and intellectuals who are often more memory creators than actual historiographical operators. Memory and history have a very direct relationship, but they do not have the same equivalence. History, as a written form, whether micro or macro, global or local, cannot be understood as a "neutral description of lived practices" in the past. In contrast, memory, more related to the desire for preservation, is grounded in the present, with its relationships to the past largely anchored in the interests of the act of selecting what should or should not be remembered.

From this perspective, this work investigates the production and circulation of an educational book on the history of the municipality of Morada Nova, Ceará. The book "Morada Nova; History in Construction," launched in 2022, is intended for educational use in municipal schools. The objective is to understand the articulations and power relations present in the process of writing the city through an educational book, analyzing the representations of the city's history and the book's educational possibilities in history classes. The research references the studies of Jorn Rüsen (2001), Bittencourt (2008), and Thompson (2016).

Thus, educational books that attribute to the writing of local history identities constructed by memorialist narratives, presenting them as historical knowledge, have limited the possibility of a more plural history. History books should not idealize the past in the name of certain memories; rather, they should enhance the multiplicity of historical realities. Alongside these reflections, at the end of this work, a didactic sequence is intended to be produced that presents local history as a methodology leading students to understand themselves as active historical subjects capable of provoking changes in their surrounding community, finding in the discipline of history support for their belonging and relevance as such.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Interno - 5373 - ANDRÉ VICTOR CAVALCANTI SEAL DA CUNHA
Externo à Instituição - JOSÉ EVANGELISTA FAGUNDES
Presidente - 5375 - MARCILIO LIMA FALCÃO