Nos trilhos do esquecimento: uma relação entre a Estrada de Ferro, memória e o ensino de História em Bragança-Pará

Abstract

This study on history teaching seeks to understand how the Bragança-Belém Railway (1884 to 1964), a fundamental element for the economy and society of northeastern Pará State throughout its period of operation, is now scarcely studied and remembered in basic education classrooms (with a focus on high school education). This lack of prominence in history lessons is one of the issues addressed in this article, as well as the reasons behind this forgetfulness or even the erasure of memory regarding this distinctive element of the civilizing process within the Brazilian Amazon. This oblivion is problematized through the lens of history teaching in the classroom, supported by the theoretical framework of various historians who address memory and its processes. Furthermore, we present methodological proposals that can, to some extent, address the demands raised by the neglect of this important historical fact from northeastern Pará.