100% Parque de Realengo Verde: uma interseção entre movimento social,educação e memória coletiva

Abstract

This research investigated the contribution of the social movement 100% Parque de Realengo Verde to the reconstruction of the collective memory of the Realengo neighborhood, linked to the former Cartridge Factory, through an educational process promoted by the movement itself. The struggle sought to transform area three of the former factory into an urban and environmental park, resulting in the partial conquest of 50% of the land by 2024. The analysis is based on the perspective of Nilma Lino Gomes (2010), who recognizes social movements as educators. Ethnography, combined with participant observation and semi-structured interviews, oral history, and bibliographic research, were used as methodologies. The results indicate that the movement promotes an educational process aligned with Freirean praxis (Freire, 2004), starting from the relationship with place (Santos, 2012) and transforming the actors involved into peripheral subjects (D’Andreia, 2020). Understanding the dimension of collective memory, these individuals begin to work toward affirming local identity (Jelin, 2012), which leads to the reconstruction of the collective memory of the Realengo neighborhood, linked to the former Realengo Factory.