Tessitura da memória: abordagem literária do lugar e identidade do campo em Andaraí - Bahia

Abstract

Social transformations extend beyond the socioeconomic sphere, also impacting prejudices of a linguistic, social, and territorial nature, In this context, this research aims to develop strategies, using the Portuguese language, focused on preserving the social memory and linguistic repertoire of rural students, aiming to strengthen cultural identify and confront social and lexical prejudices. It is based on the premise that language, materialized in words and everyday uses, constitutes an important symbolic heritage, capable of valuing ways of life, memories, and local knowledge. Thus, the study seeks to highlight the role of the lexicon as a constitutive element of the identify of rural subjects, recognizing it as an instrument of resistance, belonging and cultural affirmation. o this end, the study dialogues with literature that supports the investigated theme, especially drawing from the contributions of authors such as Marcos Bagno (2006), Antônio Bispo dos Santos (2023), and Ecléa Bosi (2023), among others. Methodologically, a qualitative approach was adopted, anchored in participatory research, centered on the development of planned pedagogical activities and the collective construction of knowledge with students. The investigation was conducted with classes from the Novo Ensino Médio (New High School) at the Colégio Estadual de Tempo Integral Edgar Silva, mostly composed of students from rural areas. Organized into two groups, the students conducted interviews with community elders and produced literary texts, such as cordéis and poems, based on their experiences, memories, and relationships with their territories of belonging. Workshops were developed for reading, analyzing, and studying the structure and characteristics of cordel and poetry, as well as for the production of poetic texts addressing the interviewees' life trajectories, the young students' perspectives, and their own experiences. It was observed that the majority of the interviewees were women and that the students significantly expanded their linguistic and expressive repertoire, strengthening their productions by valuing their place of origin and sense of belonging. As an educational product, an e-book was created, compiling the texts produced and articulating them with the characteristics of the places depicted through photography, highlighting memory, the appreciation of origins, and the territory as important repertoires for knowledge production, the construction of local identity, and the strengthening of ties with the land.