Abstract
The present study investigates school spaces based on the narratives of students from Porto Alegre / RS, from 1940 to 1980. The buildings of the following schools were analyzed: Colégio Marista Rosário, Colégio Anchieta, Colégio Americano and Colégio Farroupilha. The research mapped sensitivities about the space lived by students during schooling. In this study, the examination of school journals, photographs and building plans found in schools was privileged. In addition, we also examine the discursive content of interviews conducted, using Oral History as a methodology. To this end, four categories of analysis were built: “The Old and the New: Relationships between Students and School Buildings”; “Between surveillance and fun: the school space as a curricular element”; “The school as home: feelings of belonging” and, finally, “The school architecture and the feeling of freedom”. It is considered that the spaces inhabited in the school acquire a prominent place when narrating their memories. These memories of inhabited space bring evidence to understand school architecture as a central element during schooling.
Keywords:
history of education; school architecture; sensitivities