Nazaré Oliveira: uma educadora marajoara

Abstract

This research, entitled Nazare Oliveira: a marajoara educator, draws a cartography of the personal and professional history of Maria de Nazare Barbosa de Oliveira, or teacher Nazare Oiveira as she is best known at the city of Breves, Marajo, state of Pará. The investigation was guided by the question: who is Nazare Oliveira and which are the legacy of her productions and mediations on education/art/culture on the city of Breves? Her work as educator, researcher, folklorist, writer, composer, artist, poetess and producer of cultural events at this city from the early 70´s to the middle of the last decade of the 20th century, was done by interviews and documents. Are presented, as well, part of her visual work based on the photographic collection organized by her during the period that she run the extinct Cultural Division, a cultural section of the Secretary of Culture and Education of Breves. The interpretation, based on the interviews with the persons that shared experiences at different areas and times with Nazare Oliveira, points out the resonance of her educational actions that still echoes at Breves at the present time. Emphasizes the personal and professional identity of Nazare under the studies of Antonio Novoa (1995,1997,2007) and Paulo Freire (1967,1981,1997,2000). Other theorists such as Barbosa (2008,2009, 2010), Martins et al (1998,2012, 2013), Dewey (2010) supports the analysis in art/education and cultural mediation. Concludes, defining that the relevance of the cultural and artistic productions of Nazare Oliveira at Breves, and the positive influence over the persons that learned with her, still have strong cultural and social resonances nowadays at local art, art/education and the formal and informal education.