De Tubal Vilela para Ismene Mendes: o exercício de desvelar memórias silenciadas como um desafio ético, estético e político para o Ensino de História

Abstract

The present paper has its theme the change of the square's name from Tubal Vilela to Ismene Mendes. A movement initiated in a demonstration that took place on March 8, 2017. The object of analysis is the memories involving the place and, above all, what was problematized by the women who organized the demonstration: the meaning effects of promoting memories and forgetfulness on the History of Uberlândia, with the square as the motto. The objective of working with this theme is to understand how working with local memories in History Teaching can contribute to a plural History, which is concerned with turning its attention to those who were forgotten in History and who had their daily lives, struggles, and resistances silenced. Defending the theme as a sensitive one and seeking to contribute with reflections on a History Teaching that helps establish correspondences with other spaces, times, subjects, and that promotes an ethical, aesthetic, and political formation sensitive to call of the silenced.