Joao Gabriel Rabello Sodre's dissertation project analyzes oral testimonies from former students, staff, and teachers of Colégio São Vicente de Paulo in Rio de Janeiro. The data focuses on experiences during the 1970s and 1980s under Brazil's military dictatorship. It contributes to scholarly discussions on social movements and re-democratization.
Use Cases
- Analyzing narratives of political openness and resistance within an educational institution based on the school's progressive nature.
- Studying the intersection of pedagogy and social movements during Brazil's dictatorship based on the focus on pedagogical methods.
- Examining community memory and collaborative research processes based on the horizontal, collaborative methodology.
- Comparing oral testimonies with government and newspaper documentation based on the project's multi-source approach.
Strengths
- Data is derived from a collaborative research process where participants reviewed and revised their transcribed testimonials.
- Focuses on a specific, well-defined period (1970s-1980s) of intense transformation in Brazil.
- Integrates oral testimonies with corroborating documentary sources like government records and newspapers.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect temporal and source bias inherent to oral history collections from a specific institution.
Provenance
- Source
- QDR Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Online interviews with former students, staff, and teachers, with transcribed testimonials reviewed by participants.
- Time Range
- 1970s-1980s
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-04 07:11:54; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil