Rituals and materialities regarding the educational conferences: Brazilian scenario in the 1920s

Abstract:

This is an investigation that, in the light of cultural history, seeks to understand five events that took place in Brazil in the 1920s: Conferência Interestadual do Ensino Primário (Brasil, 1922); Congresso de Ensino Primário e Normal (Paraná, 1926); Primeiro Congresso de Instrução Primária (Minas Gerais, 1927a); Primeira Conferência Estadual do Ensino Primário (Santa Catarina, 1927); Primeira Conferência Nacional de Educação (1927), promoted by the Associação Brasileira de Educação. As an investigative hypothesis, the following question is presented: what representations can be interpreted regarding the Brazilian educational scenario in the rituals and materialities of Conferences and Congresses during the 1920s? The theoretical-methodological approach took references from cultural history, considering the concepts of material culture and representation.

Keywords:
history of education; material culture; representation