“Memórias do Veloso” project

educational practices based on experiences in a heritage city (Ouro Preto – MG)

Abstract

This article derives from the project entitled “Memórias do Veloso”, with roots in the peripheral neighborhood of São Cristóvão in the municipality of Ouro Preto Minas Gerais, Brazil. The project is the result of scientific research and extension initiatives of the Federal Institute of Minas Gerais, developed by researchers and residents of that neighborhood. The aim was to understand the matter of the cultural heritage located in the municipality from the relationships established by the population with the local heritage in terms of appropriation and experience, which showed conflicts, meanings, disagreements and denials. The proposed actions were focused on the neighborhood, in order to go beyond analyzes that were stuck at a superficial level of research and apprehension of constructed knowledge. In this way, the residents of Veloso were assumed as active subjects participating in the construction of the projects and understood as essential in the construction of other approaches and historical narratives, in addition to those instituted as officials.