Arqueologia e a preservação do patrimônio cultural: educação patrimonial em Acinópolis/MS

Abstract

The purpose of this dissertation was to understand the local perception, as well as the actions developed by the Secretariat of Education with the schools and educators of the formal education and public agencies about heritage education as an instrument of cultural literacy, in the preservation of the patrimony archaeological site of Alcinópolis, entitled "The State Capital of the Rupestrian Art" and to support reflections on the representations of rock art, on the cultural processes of local prehistoric societies, and on the relationship between man and the environment, in the past and present, with a view to the process of local identification with archaeological patrimony. The methodology used was to perform a bibliographical and documentary survey, workshops and questionnaires. The questionnaires were applied to several segments of society in Alcinópolis, such as: municipal and state public administration officials, teachers and school principals, primary and secondary school students in public, municipal, and state schools. The present study aimed to contribute to the survey of patrimonial education actions carried out in the city of Alcinópolis/MS, seeking to identify the perception of cultural agents about cultural heritage in order to subsidize reflections about the local relation with their cultural heritage.