A educação tecida pelos fios da "Casa da Memória": saberes e dizeres na Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Rio Grande do Norte (1938-2016)

Abstract

This dissertation aims to analyze the articles on education present in the Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Rio Grande do Norte (Historical and Geographical Institute of Rio Grande do Norte's Journal), as well as to present this material as a source for research in the area of education. The Institute, founded in 1902, is the oldest cultural entity in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, it is open to new research, its collection, and more specifically, its journal being a material of considerable value for researchers in the field of education but still rarely used. The first articles published on the subject in question refer to the year 1938, the initial time frame of this research, and extends to 2016. The sources used to carry out this researcj work were the Institute' Journals, from the year of foundation till 2016, available on the Institution's website, in digital format, in partnership with the Laboratório de Imagens - Digitalização de Documentos Históricos (Image Laboratory - Scanning of Historical Documents). These journals were cataloged through the historical method, proposed by Michel de Certeau (2006), which aims to understand the place of production of the material manipulated by the historian. This way, all the analyzed articles were inserted in their production contexts in order to understand the reasons behind the Institute's historiographical production in relation to the History of Education, the authors behind the published articles were also analyzed. Still in graduation, I began to research about the professors linked to Institute, reaching the conclusion that, since the foundation of the Institute, professionals in the educational field have been among the effective members. I questioned the fact that there are no articles on education in the journals, despite the fact that many professors are present in the membership. This problematization started the research made here, which involves concepts such as authors, proposed by Roger Chartier (2014), and mode of address, proposed by Elizabeth Ellsworth (2001), leading to the understanding of the discussion about the partners behind the published articles, as well as the way that the Institute presented, directed and represented the theme of education to its reading public over the years through certain characteristics. I also understand that the education, as proposed by José Gonçalves Gondra and Alessandra Schueler (2008), is involved in the plots of power and interests throughout all historical periods, being an important tool for the constitution of the political project of construction of the national and regional identity.