Articulações entre religião e dimensões axiológicas fixadas no currículo de história: uma análise a partir do Pism

Abstract

This dissertation is structured within the framework of History Curriculum/Teaching. Its objective is to identify the axiological dimensions that have been hegemonised in the History items of the Programa de Ingresso Seletivo Misto at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (PISM/UFJF) concerning the theme of religion (2004-2023). The choice of PISM is based on the perception that it constitutes a discursive curricular policy that legitimises the knowledge intended to be taught and learnt in high school education. The theme of religion, in turn, is understood here as a potentially sensitive and mobilising subject for ethical discussion regarding the connections between content produced about religion and axiological dimensions in the configuration of the targeted historical school knowledge. The theoretical choice is grounded in discourse theory from a post-foundational epistemic stance (Laclau; Mouffe, 2001) – which challenges essentialisms and dichotomies in the processes of signification of world phenomena. Recognizing that conducting research in History Curriculum/Teaching involves engaging with the premises of alterity and temporality (Gabriel, 2019a), I argue that the theme of religion enhances the identification of axiological dimensions in the narratives of these items, as these axiologies become structuring elements of the identificationsubjectivation processes of students in response to the historical school knowledge provided by the Curriculum/PISM of History. Thus, amidst the discussions revolving around items that directly or indirectly engage with the theme of religion, the main axiological dimensions identified were: appreciation of cultures and science; appreciation of human rights; appreciation of democracy; appreciation of a culture of peace; appreciation of secularism; criticism of slavery; criticism of social inequality; criticism of political authoritarianism; combating Islamophobia; combating religious intolerance; combating religious censorship; combating religious and power monopolies; combating imperialism; combating genocides.