O Processo de educação popular : a diocese de Goiás e as práticas sociais dos trabalhadores rurais de Itapuranga nas décadas de 1970 e 1980

Abstract

The study is the report of research developed in the investigation of the process of the pedagogical mediation that took place by means of the interventions of the Diocese of Goiás together with the rural workers of the city of Itapuranga, in the decades of 1970 and 1980. We try to identify the relevance of this mediation to wake up to the realities experienced by the country man, in the struggle for a more just and humane life, by questioning which elements contributed to the education of the country side in the context of life of the rural workers from Itapuranga, through the pedagogical mediation of the Diocese of Goiás, and how this educational process has contributed to the recognition of the culture of resistance of these workers. The study was conducted by means of a qualitative research, of historical and social character. A bibliographical and documentary research was conducted through the following research instruments: analysis of documents, questionnaires, interviews and oral narratives recorded on audio and video. Then, we went on to the tract of the collected data empirically and through the documentary reading, proceeding from the analysis of the results obtained in the application of the instruments, according to the theoretical support. In this sense, it is necessary to read between the lines of the subjects‟ speech, when expressing their vision and exposing their experiences referring to the moments that have solidified in their memories, working with the Analysis of Critical Discourse. We have found out that, in the period studied, there was an educational process going on, coming to the conclusion that the social practices also teach. It does not teach what is established by the hegemonic power, but according to the logic of the history of the political action by those who are marginalized and excluded from the society. We have noticed, also, through this study, that the work of pedagogical mediation developed by the Diocese of Goiás has brought significant changes to the consolidation of a culture of resistance to the rural workers.