Childhood education and sociology in Brazil: a genealogy under construction

• Grant number: 10/05187-3
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: August 01, 2010
• End date: January 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Education - Specific topics in Education
• Principal Investigator: Anete Abramowicz
• Grantee: Anete Abramowicz
• Host Institution: Centro de Educação e Ciências Humanas (CECH). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Andrea Braga Moruzzi ; Carolina Rodrigues de Souza ; Débora de Barros Silveira ; Fabiana de Oliveira ; Gabriela Guarnieri de Campos Tebet ; Lucélio Ferreira Simião

Abstract

Title: Childhood Education and Sociology in Brazil: a genealogy under construction. This project focuses to work out a genealogy of the Brazilian childhood sociology by a literature review of published articles and books since 1947 and from interviews that will be conducted with some national researchers linked to infancy issues, early childhood education, and childhood sociology. The goal is to verify who are these researchers, which publications they believe belonging to the childhood sociology, including the methodologies, epistemologies, theoretical references used, and the issues they think configure the childhood sociology in Brazil.The time line was chosen by considering the work of Florestan Fernandes called "As Trocinhas do Bom Retiro" as a milestone in Brazil's discussion about the childhood culture. It is intended to trace and map the way in which the childhood sociology in Brazil was being made up from the national authors publications.From the published articles and interviews to be held, this theoretical nature work aims to point a childhood field configuration, indicating how it is established, and at the same time pointing out shortcomings and research possibilities in the area. (AU)