I Colóquio Nacional Sociedade, Cultura e Trabalho: diálogos sobre fronteiras no mundo rural

Abstract

The 1st National Colloquium on Society, Culture and Labor: dialogues on borders in the Rural World is an initiative of researchers and students linked to the Center for Studies and Documentation in History, Society and Labor – NEHST, to bring together researchers from different HEIs in a national event with the aim of expanding the academic debate on research in the field of Social History, with an emphasis on the issue of the Frontier. In particular, Piauí is part of the map of the last agricultural frontier in Brazil, recognized as the MATOPIBA region (an acronym created from the initials of the states of Maranhão, Tocantins, Piauí and Bahia), which also has agricultural potential for grain production and a concentration of poverty among the rural population.

The issue of the contemporary Rural World, which is very important to researchers and partners of NEHST, motivated the organization of a scientific event that would bring the issue of Frontiers to the center of the debate, demonstrating UESPI's commitment to issues that are close to us and influence the ways of life and work of a large portion of our society. In this sense, the opportunity to bring together researchers from different HEIs in one event is designed to provide a field of possibilities for advancing research in Social History, with a view to understanding the reproduction of poverty, inequalities and the actions of ordinary subjects in particular historical processes.

Based on the dialogues and debates established in the Colloquium, the aim is to establish partnerships with scholars from different HEIs, also enabling the training of undergraduates in these themes and dialogues between researchers and students linked to stricto sensu Graduate Programs in History and related areas, as a means of disseminating and expanding the field of study. In addition, the research presented in the conferences, round tables and coordinated sessions will be published in the event's proceedings.