Contribuições ao sistema de ensino na cidade de Caxias: O conhecimento da História e da Cultura através dos primeiros cemitérios

Abstract

This research has as its object the emergence of the first cemeteries in the city of Caxias do Maranhão. The objective of this research is to know the history of the first cemeteries in Caxias and the contributions to the knowledge of history and local culture in the education system. The research methodology of this work was built through a qualitative approach, bibliographic research and from some aspects of history, so it was used the dimensions of the History of Mentalities, History of the Imaginary, History of Art and Cultural History, oral history was also used in conjunction with the data collection process through structured interviews carried out with some inhabitants of the city of Caxias. As a basis for the research, several authors were used, such as Coulanges (2006); Aries (2012); Ribeiro (2006); Reis (1991); Coe (2008); Borges (2017), in addition to productions of monographs and dissertations on the subject, and newspapers in the city of Caxias of the period between the years 1801 to 1862. The results show that the residents of the city of Caxias have little or no knowledge about the process of the emergence of the first cemeteries in the city, which implies that this study can enable students of Caxias to apprehend knowledge of its history that are closed in the cemetery space.