Cartographies that produces cartographies: teachers’ narratives about children and maps

Abstract

This text tells about maps, children and schools from who lived them. Professors, who were part of my interviews, contributed in some way to the formation of the Cartography for School children field in Brazil. Cartography for Children is a research field that arises at the interface between Education and Geography, from the earliest discussions done by the Geography and Cartography School group in the mid-90s of the twentieth century. This research group is coordinated by the teachers Rosângela Doin de Almeida (UNESP-Rio Claro) and Regina Araújo Almeida (USP / SP) and brings together leading researchers from the Scholar Cartography field. The history of the group is mixed with the events organized by it, as the Colloquium of Cartography for Children. So far there have been 7 Cartography events for schoolchildren in Brazil. The objective of this research was to understand the movements and cartographic practices that tangles are found in the narratives of my interviewees and in the Proceedings of seminars, symposium and Cartography forums for Children. We found that the field of Cartography for Children suffers influences from various areas of knowledge, especially the development of philosophy and psychology.

Keywords: Cartography for Scholar Children, Colloquium Cartography for Children, Maps