Abstract

HAYDN, Amanda  and  GONCALVES, Mauro Castilho. “The cross of Christ” in factories and schools: Amélia de Rezende Martins and the Ação Social Brasileira (ASB). Rev. Diálogo Educ. [online]. 2019, vol.19, n.63, pp.1465-1483.  Epub Jan 30, 2020. ISSN 1981-416X.  https://doi.org/10.7213/1981-416x.19.063.ds07.

The present paper examines aspects related to the political and intellectual trajectory of Amélia de Rezende Martins (1877-1948), in the spheres of education and culture, between 1918 and 1932. The justification for the proposed periodization adhered to the fact that at this period Martins published her ideas, implemented her projects and acted in organizations related to school education and overall culture. The periodic press in Rio de Janeiro, the Associação Brasileira de Educação (ABE) and the Ação Social Brasileira (ASB) stand out in these areas. In the research, sources available in the archives of the Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa, the Associação Brasileira de Educação (ABE) and the Memory Center of University of Campinas (UNICAMP) were used. In the press, metions of Rezende Martins in the newspapers A União, O Paiz, A Cruz, Correio da Manhã, Jornal do Brasil, O Jornal, A Noite e Diário de Notícias were analyzed, these sources are considered central in the scope of the presente study. The analysis of the selected sources indicated that Martins was an intellectual concerned with the construction of a cultural project for Brazil. This project, called Ação Social Brasileira (ASB), was essentially a preliminary project for the foundation of an educational institution and social assistance, the Anchieta Building, Martins' strong bet on education as a force capable of solving country’s problems through the integration of the working class into a program of professional training, moral education, religious education, civic education and collective hygiene.

Keywords : Amélia de Rezende Martins; Intellectual and political trajectory; Ação Social Brasileira.

        · abstract in Portuguese     · text in Portuguese     · Portuguese ( pdf )