Banca de DEFESA: VIRGINIA APARECIDA AMBROSIO

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : VIRGINIA APARECIDA AMBROSIO
DATE: 08/10/2021
TIME: 14:30
LOCAL: google meet
TITLE:

MEMORIES AND IMAGES OF RURAL CHILDHOOD IN COLÔNIA JOSÉ TEODORO (SÃO JOÃO DEL REI, 1960-1970)

KEY WORDS:

Rural childhood; Photographs, Memories.

PAGES: 161
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Educação
SUMMARY:

This research aims to understand the memories and representations of a Childhood in the José
Teodoro Colony, a rural area of the city of São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais, in the 1960s-1970s.
The research is documentary based on photographs by an amateur photographer, Mr. João da
Costa (1923-2012) and on reports of childhood memories of family and friends, through the
approach of Oral History. The archive is composed of 210 photographs, of which 143 are by
the aforementioned photographer (records made with his own camera), in which he recorded
mostly the childhood of his children, nephews and children of the Colony. Innovatively, some
objects of children's culture, such as toys and books, emerged during the interviews and were
added as documents for analysis. Among the most evident aspects in the photographs are the
presence of toys, especially the industrialized ones, the celebration of the First Communion
party and the daily aspects of families, also taken into account as they are part of the researched
childhood context. The childhood in the José Teodoro Colony could be seen as a time
surrounded by family and educational practices based mainly on moral principles and Catholic
religiosity. The research revealed aspects of schooling in this childhood, permeated by
difficulties in accessing and staying at school and a strong tension with work in childhood.
Gender issues were strongly observed in the separation of toys for girls and boys, in the
preference of families to invest in the education of their sons, to the detriment of their daughters
and in the customs of preserving girls in domestic environments, in reference to their
performance as future mothers and housewives.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1350874 - CHRISTIANNI CARDOSO MORAIS
Interna - 1999919 - GIOVANA SCARELI
Externa à Instituição - MONICA YUMI JINZENJI - UFMG