Educação, história e memória: silêncios e reinvenções pomeranas na Serra dos Tapes

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to examine Pomeranian silences and reinventions in the area known as Serra do Tapes, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, regarding oppression by educational institutions. The major theoretical lines are Education, History and Memory. This is a qualitative, exploratory study whose core methodological orientation is ethnography. Therefore, data were collected in a plural and complex fashion, using the following techniques: bibliographical review, document analysis, research-based participation, interviews, informal conversations, dialog rounds, production and analysis of photographs and inventories. Pomeranian immigration to southern Rio Grande do Sul is uniquely different from that by the other immigrant groups (Germans) due to the historical circumstances constitutive of Pomeranians and the process of isolation and silence they experienced in the area. Furthermore, the silence of Pomeranian culture within local culture takes place under the veil of power, whether it is related to religion