Dalcy da Silva Cruz: itinerário intelectual e resistência

Abstract

The present dissertation makes a retrospective of the life trajectory of Dalcy da Silva Cruz, an educator, intellectual and thinking militant, whose history of life is connected to several belongings and events, between them, the construction of Social Sciences teaching in Rio Grande do Norte. Divided in three stages, which we call “reorganizations”, expression designated by Edgar Morin in one of your autobiographies named My Demons (2000), we pursue the objective to reveal the complex life of Dalcy marked by discontinuities, ruptures and conquest of various spaces in and out of academy. Methodologically, it was chosen to present fragments of the life trajectory of Dalcy, based In autobiographical writings of her memorial, intercalating with other authors read, which we highlight: Morin (2000; 2013), Estés (2014), Almeida (2006; 2012) and Rago (2013). It were made in a first moment, open interviews and in depth by means of written records and audio recordings with Dalcy, and some partners that revealed the multiple faces of that intellectual. Posteriorly, it were made the transcriptions of audios and consequent structuring of the written part, from the reports of the own Dalcy and the selection of some representative texts of her production, composed by articles, speeches, participation in various congresses and events. The research provides to society, the access to life trajectory of an intellectual that contributed in multiple forms in the field of Sociology and Education, with an academic production that is not attached to disciplinary areas and super specialized knowledge.