Ensino de História, Territorialidade e Educação Escolar Quilombola: o protagonismo da “Griô Antonina” na luta por direitos da Comunidade Remanescente de Quilombo Nossa Senhora das Graças - Vila do Cravo, Concórdia/Pa

Abstract

This research, conducted within the scope of the Graduate Program in History Teaching at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), analyzes the importance of local history and Black protagonism in History Teaching, focusing on the life trajectory of Griô Antonina Borges Santana, a leader of the Black Movement of the Nossa Senhora das Graças Quilombola Community – Vila do Cravo, located in the municipality of Concórdia do Pará. The main objective was to problematize History Teaching and quilombola resistance based on the processes of territoriality and memory of the aforementioned leader. From a methodological standpoint, the research is qualitative in nature and employed action research as its method, promoting active participation between the researcher and the participating subjects, notably the students and Griô Antonina. This approach enabled the collective construction of knowledge and critical reflection on quilombola identity within the school context. The theoretical framework articulated concepts of History Teaching, Quilombola School Education, Identity, Blackness, Black Consciousness, among others, in light of Bittencourt (2009), Delgado (2010), Munanga (2011), Gonçalves and Silva (2007), Pacheco (2014), Gomes (2002), Diniz and Marte (2022), Malcher (2011), Castro (2003), and Pinheiro (2016). The results demonstrate that the inclusion of Antonina’s life trajectory as school content, articulating her trajectory of resistance with the structuring contents of the History curriculum, enhanced the sense of belonging and racial self-identification among part of the students participating in the research, thereby breaking with historical silences. As an Educational Product, a paradidactic e-book was developed to support anti-racist and contextualized teaching practices in quilombola territories.