Trabalho sazonal: educação e relações sociais no distrito de Celso Bueno em Monte Carmelo-MG (2013-2023)

Abstract

This research is part of the Graduate Program in Education at the Federal University of Uberlândia, within the research line “Work, Society, and Education.” It broadly addresses the migratory phenomenon in Monte Carmelo, focusing on the dimension of seasonal labor. The study aimed to understand how the seasonal work performed by the families of students at Celso Bueno Municipal School and the dynamics of its precarization interferes with their children’s educational process. The research covered the period from 2013 to 2023, based on the availability of documents and data provided by both the school and the Municipal Department of Education of Monte Carmelo. The central issue was to understand how seasonal work, in a context marked by precarity, vulnerability, and social inequality, affects the educational process of migrant children enrolled in the school. The investigation was carried out through documentary, bibliographic, and empirical research, with a qualitative approach supported by questionnaires and interviews. Throughout the study, data related to enrollment, transfers, admissions, reassignments, reclassifications, and dropout rates were analyzed. The findings revealed how the transience of these students often associated with seasonal and child labor significantly disrupts the teaching and learning process. This transitory reality generates a cycle of discontinuity and fragility in the school’s pedagogical practices. In the final reflections, the research highlights the existence of a complex history of power and memory construction in the municipality of Monte Carmelo, which mirrors a broader national pattern. In the commemorative historical narrative, there is a notable absence of recognition for the social actions and contributions of workers those who lived in peripheral neighborhoods, migrated, and actively participated in the city’s development through their labor.