Anthropology, history and education: the Indian question and the school

• Grant number: 94/03492-9
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Start date: June 01, 1995
• End date: December 31, 2000
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Anthropology
• Principal Investigator: Maria Aracy de Pádua Lopes da Silva
• Grantee: Maria Aracy de Pádua Lopes da Silva
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Interdisciplinary and inter-institutional research with the central objective of searching for paths towards an education for socio-cultural diversity. To achieve this, it invokes perspectives from Anthropology and history on education and takes, as empirical and theoretic reference, the intercultural dialogue between Indians and non-Indians in Brazil, highlighting the school as a privileged space for the creation of new forms of conviviality and reflection in this field. It brings together 19 sub-projects on socialization and processes of transfer of knowledge in Indian societies; on the impact of the introduction of writing and the school; the historical relationships between the State and Indian societies in the field of education.(AU)