A interculturalidade do festejo junino caxiense: desenvolvimento social, cultural e educacional dos alunos de ensino médio

Abstract

This final course work is an excerpt from a field research, carried out from 2018 to 2020, entitled: “Culture and popular culture: redefinition of identity, tradition and the social and educational commitment of the student with the June festival in Caxias”. It was approved through the Institutional Scientific Initiation Program of UEMA/PIBIC – CNPq/UEMA/FAPEMA, notice No. 11/2019 – PPG/UEMA, of the Pro-Rectory of Research and Graduate Studies of the State University of Maranhão – PPG/UEMA, together with the Foundation for Research Support and Scientific and Technological Development of Maranhão-FAPEMA and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development – ​​CNPq, in accordance with Resolution No. 1295/2017-CEPE/UEMA. Therefore, we chose to continue this research focused on the interculturality of June festivals in high school, aiming to describe the results obtained, corresponding to the following research problem: “What contributions does the interculturality of the June festival in Caxias provide for the social, cultural and educational development of high school students?” With the general objective: To analyze the perception of high school students about culture, popular culture and the resignification of identity, tradition and the social and educational appreciation of the June festival in Caxias in view of interculturality. Having its theoretical framework based on articles and texts to deepen the knowledge of the researched theme by the following authors: Bertagnolli, (2015); Castro, (2010); Barreto, (2010); Campos, (2007); Santos (2011); Ribeiro, (1999); among others. The data needed to carry out this work were obtained through questionnaires administered to high school students from the 1st to the 3rd year of the Eugênio Barros School, totaling 199 participating students. The data collected were analyzed and are included in this work. This was a descriptive and analytical study with a qualitative approach, divided into four stages. The first stage used texts by the authors mentioned above to acquire knowledge relevant to the research topic. The second stage involved going to the Eugênio Barros School to administer the questionnaire to the students, and then a period was dedicated to analyzing the data collected. Finally, the writing of this final course work was completed, which was made available to the Department of Education of the State University of Maranhão for the degree of Bachelor of Education. It was possible to verify at the end of this work that the students of the school studied are not committed to the popular culture of Caxias and are losing ties with the traditions of their ancestors, falling into oblivion and becoming only part of their memories. Therefore, it is necessary to work on cultural recovery with these students, through the experience of interculturality in their daily school lives, allowing them to revive the traditions and cultural identity of each one, so that it gains a new meaning