Abstract

SILVA, Jailson Costa da; FREITAS, Marinaide Lima de Queiroz  and  SILVA, Miscelânia da. SCHOOLING IN THE LIFE COMPASS: remembrances of the sertão’s elderly ladies from Proeja/Ifal (2020-2021). Revista Teias [online]. 2022, vol.23, n.70, pp.240-255.  Epub Feb 23, 2023. ISSN 1982-0305.  https://doi.org/10.12957/teias.2022.67220.

This article is based on research that took place in the city of Piranhas, AL – a sertão land nearby the São Francisco River. The text brings memories of resistance shared by elderly women in the context of an investigation that aimed to understand, based on stories and memories, the reasons for the discontinuity of schooling those students of Proeja, as well as the motivations that made they return to school. We used the methodology of oral history, whose narratives were constructed through thematic interviews that allowed the unraveling of memories. The findings of the research showed us that the interlocutors were denied the right to education since childhood, and after getting married, they had to take on domestic chores and ensure the family's sustenance; there was also an absence of schools in the region where they lived. From this study, we can also state that, beyond the perspective of the right, the education of the elderly people promotes improvements in quality of life and freedom, since the return to school has given them new prospects for life in the sertão community.

Keywords : oral history; memory; sertão’s elderly ladies; schooling.

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