Os projetos educativos das Ruínas Engenho São Jorge dos Erasmos: discussões preliminares sobre o patrimônio

Abstract

The National Monument Ruins Mill São Jorge dos Erasmos, located in Santos County - São Paulo State, constitutes one of the oldest Brazilian sixteenth century architectural testimonies that still exist. One of the first sugar engines to be built, the Engenho dos Erasmos has been stage of important studies in several areas, what stimulated the opening of this cultural asset to the public, mainly for the students of fundamental education of the state and municipal public schools of the Baixada Santista. It is intended in this brief paper to discuss some guide elements of this pedagogical proposal that completed four years in past August, whose discussion is emphasized in three basic points: a) the process of construction and democratization of knowledge, from a interdiscipline proposal, b) the investigation and dialogue mechanisms that are results of questions formulated by the community, and c) the participatory management for the proximity relations of the visitors with their own past.