O papel da memória na formação da identidade cultural: diálogos entre possibilidades de leitura

Abstract

This dissertation presents the findings of a biographical and exploratory research, focusing on the work with written records of a personal, confessional character, belonging to pupils of a school in the city of Londrina, Paraná state. The two main research subjects are: cultural identity and memory. These subjects, as well as being based on a sound theory found in the academic literature, form on their turn the basis for the proposal of practical activities. The research question aims to clarify to what degree the work with such records – particularly those that bring memory to the centre of discussion - can aid the pupils into realizing that their identities are an amalgam of social relationships, therefore characterizing not an homogeneous and rigid identity, but multiple identities. This text covers the Didactic Sequences that were elaborated and applied on the course of the master’s program, utilizing as its main corpus the romance Vermelho Amargo, by Bartolomeu Campos de Queirós. The collected data reveals the importance of adopting pedagogical practices that have for its basis the work with pupils’ life experiences, unveiling many possibilities and at the same time bringing the students to the centre of activities.