Mapping countryside education in Minas Gerais: who and where are the Vale do Jequitinhonha´s graduates from LeCampo UFMG

Abstract

The article presents the results from the research “Mapping countryside education in Minas Gerais: who and where are the Vale do Jequitinhonha´s graduates from LeCampo UFMG (2005-2011)” about the profile and action of these Vale do Jequitinhonha´s graduates from 2005 and 2011. The methodology consists of the application of twenty-one quizzes and five interview, which enable identify, characterize and map who are and what occupation does these graduates have. The theoretical reference cover three main axes: countryside education, Vale do Jequitinhonha and research with the graduates from a social-historical and territorial point of view. As a result of the research, a diversity of positions, practices and institutions occupied by graduates was found, which supported the creation of a map indicating and qualifying the spatialization and territorialization of the struggle for land from the socio-professional performance of graduates in Minas Gerais.

Keywords

• graduates
• graduation in countryside education
• vale do jequitinhonha
• graduate´s action in minas gerais.