Trajetórias musicais de jovens no ensino médio: narrativas em círculos restaurativos

Abstract

This thesis is a study based on (auto)biographical narratives in education, investigative work linked to the Research Group NarraMus - Autonarratives of Musical Practices that belongs to the Education and Arts (LP4) Research Line of the Graduate Program in Education (PPGE) of the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM). The general objective is to understand the meanings of the narratives of life and training of high school music students from the Restorative Circles. Data production was performed through Restorative/Musical Circles, a tool normally used by Restorative Justice for conflict resolution and that serves this study as a methodological instrument. The Circle gave the research the production of a safe space for students to dialogue about themselves with others, cultivating respect and freedom. Circles were conducted with 20 music students from 03 public and private schools in Santana do Livramento - RS. The data generated important analyses on how adolescents see their musical trajectories while outlining their life projects. Among the emerging themes are musical parenting, music at the service of youth spirituality, nostalgic culture in the repertoires of adolescents, the crossings of cultural daily life and the effects of the curricular changes of the New High School implemented in Brazilian schools in 2022. The theoretical field is based on the work of Josso (2004; 2010) that pays attention to the consistency of research from the narration of life stories centered on the formation of oneself amid social and cultural transformations. In this work, the concept of "singular-plural" existence is used, through which Josso alludes to the being-subject a permanent tension together with the forms of identification with the other (conformization) and the invitation to differentiation (singularization). In the theoretical field, the study deals with analyzing the narratives in the sociocultural context produced in the daily environment of contemporaneity. The musical daily life of young people is understood in its cultural multiplicity that means identifying the self from the actions and situations of the context, that is, considering a set of traits that individualize biopsychological characteristics and/or historical-cultural context. The musical trajectories of young people in high school are understood here as products of the cultural blends of contemporaneity and means by which students seek meaning in all their life itineraries. The main mix is with the regional culture, identity marker that characterizes senses of life and musical formation.