JOVENS KALUNGA DE TINGUIZAL: ESCOLA, CULTURA E CONDIÇÃO JUVENI

Abstract

The present work is the result of a research trial involving young people of Kalunga’s community, students of high school and it’s part of the line of research Education, Society and Culture of the program of Post-Graduation in Education. The young people in question are arising from the community of Kalunga de Tinguizal, belonging to Monte Alegre – GO. The purpose was to apprehend the socio-cultural universe they are in, their school journeys and the strategies they use to remain in the school. For this purpose, it carried out an investigation using a bibliographical and a field research. The field research structured itself in the application of three techniques: a) application of questionnaires (family and young); b) a non systematic observation; c) interviews with eight young people (two men and six women), all Kalunga students of public system of education. The information had reveal how these young people live the children condition, the cultural universes they live in, their relationship with the institutions and the meaning of the formal education (high school) for them. For the researched, the conception of being young is variable and there are many ways of comprehension of this phase of life and it is almost always related to good things. Education and work are unquestionable values for their life. The family nucleus has a great value in their life and the culture is based in a strong catholic tradition. To be a Kalunga is present on their routine, on their many relationships and on their life. The final objective of this research is help on the enlargement of the studies about youth and education in Brazil and supply subsidies for public politics focused on this youth.