ABSTRACT
This article aims to describe and analyze the social construction of a quilombola school and its curriculum, identifying relevant actors, agency processes, and disputes of meaning about Quilombola School Education. It outlines a case study conducted at Dona Rosa Geralda, a Quilombola Municipal School, in the municipality of São Pedro da Aldeia, state of Rio de Janeiro, with ethnographic observations and interviews conducted at the school, in the community, and in the Municipal Department of Education, from 2017 to 2019. Among the results, the following stand out: the existence of a strong meaning attributed to the school as an agency of community identity; the appropriation by its professionals of discursive elements associated with the black movement, as curricular resolutions available for translating quilombola educational policies; and the existence of mediations and dilemmas that make up this experience and that can provide elements for a research agenda.
KEYWORDS
education and identity; quilombola education; differentiated curriculum