Banca de DEFESA: ANGELICA MELO DA SILVA

Orality and social literacy in the quilombola community of Mel da Pedreira (Macapá/AP)

.Literacy; Quilombo; Traditions; Orality.

This dissertation explores literacy practices in the quilombola community of Mel da Pedreira, considering the diversity of contexts that define literacy. The research focused on how orality and social literacy practices are employed as instruments for the transmission of knowledge between generations. To achieve this goal, an in loco field research was undertaken. The methodology adopted was qualitative research, which, according to Fonseca (2001), works with the universe of meanings, motives, aspirations, beliefs, values, and attitudes, corresponding to a deeper space of relationships. In this way, the following question was raised: how orality and social literacy contribute to the maintenance of cultural traditions in the Mel da Pedreira community. In response to the proposed objectives, ethnographic research was carried out with the residents of the quilombola community Mel da Pedreira. Ethnography, according to Mattos (2001), contributes to the discovery of the complexity of social phenomena. The theoretical framework of this research is based on the studies of Street (2006), Marcuschi (2004), and other authors who discuss the theme.