Cursinho Popular Velho Chico: educação popular, identidades e cultura na cidade de Manga, Minas Gerais- (2018-2023)

Abstract

In this research entitled "Cursinho Popular Velho Chico: Educação Popular, Identidades e Cultura na Cidade de Manga, Minas Gerais- (2018-2023)," I discuss the construction of the Cursinho Popular Velho Chico from a historical analysis perspective. To do so, I analyze the relevant literature on the topic to outline the parameters of what I understand as Popular Education and also address how this concept has been appropriated in the 21st century to address contemporary issues. Furthermore, I engage with works about the Social Movement of Popular Education, the Rede Emancipa, to situate the Cursinho Popular Velho Chico within a broader analytical framework and understand how its actions relate to formal education and its pedagogical approaches. Through the theoretical and methodological use of Oral History, I structure a materiality to address the construction of the Cursinho within the municipality of Manga-MG, as well as to access the identities of the individuals involved in the social movement. Based on the itinerant circles promoted by the Cursinho, I sought to identify how the natural and cultural aspects of the region intersect with the actions of the social movement and the process of "emancipation" of those involved. This research is part of the Culture, Gender, and Social Relations line of the Graduate Program in History at the Universidade Estadual Claros (Unimontes) and is funded by the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (Fapemig) as part of the project Centro de Referência em Educação Popular com enfoque em Gênero e Relações Étnico-Raciais (Cerpopular).