Dom José Maria Pires: as práticas educativas da palavra e dos direitos humanos em tempos ditatoriais (1964-1985)

Abstract

The present thesis had as object of study the present educational practice in Dom José Maria Pires' pastoral action and writings, in the time frame from 1964 to 1985, in the Paraíba's Archdiocese. Scene of persecution and violation of rights during the Dictatorship, Paraíba was also the “place” (CERTEAU, 2012) of struggle and resistance. The problem of the research questioned whether, during the dictatorial situation, could an archbishop promote educational processes of awareness in favor of the citizenship of poor and socially marginalized people? Considering the national and local scenario of the time, it was questioned and reflected on the educational element contained in the pastoral action and positions implemented by the archbishop in face of the Regime of Exception dictates. The general objective analyzed the educational element of the archbishop pastoral action and writings, focusing on pastoral letters, homilies, speeches, and individual and/or collective memories (HALBWACHS, 2006). The methodology adopted was guided by the documental research and the Thematic Oral History. The method was based on the evidence paradigm in articulation with the interpretative hermeneutic perspective of subjectivities. The analysis categories permeated the theoretical framework of the narrative in Benjamin (1987), the experience in Larrosa (2019); the freedom in Freire (1967; 2000; 2011), among others. The results indicated Dom José Maria Pires' episcopate was shaped by the educational practice of the Word and human rights and was based on Liberation Theology and Freire's pedagogy, corroborating to the thesis argument.