Almanack da Parnahyba: leituras da educação em suas páginas (1924 -1982)

Abstract

The studies related to the written culture and everyday printed matter have been assuming, systematically, a significant space historiographical production. This research focuses on the Almanack da Parnahyba and the interpretation one can do in its pages in order to identify and understand the speeches and/or representations produced about education in a continuous period of editing from 1924 to 1982, in a total of 58 issues. The theme education was analyzed from two perspectives: education as a civilizing process, and formal and schooling education. The research is based on assumptions of Cultural History, based mainly on the concepts of Chartier, Brotel, Le Goff. Almanack was localized in public and private archives; the immersion in its pages made it possible to build certain aspects of education in Piauí and Parnaíba, unique or common to the rest of the country. One can notice, from the analysis of the periodical, the characteristics of its materiality and circulation, which have enabled to identify its constitution and the spaces in which circulated. It was noted that, during the period studied, this Almanac served, directly or indirectly, as a civilizing manual anchored in a process of urbanist and hygienist modernization. Also, representations were identified, on the part of its collaborators, with regard to formal and instructional education, which provided an analysis of the interrelation of various authors with the current political and educational system. Finally, it is believed that it have been reached the objective of this research when ingraining in the speeches of the collaborators of the Almanack, if not completely, at least to the representations concerning the construction of a civility process and/or systematization on instructional education in Parnaíba and Piauí.