The making of National Curricular Common Basis of History at Brazil: between dialogues, tensions and controversies

Abstract

Brazil is experiencing a troubled political moment that had its first culmination with the judiciary-parliamentary coup against President Dilma Rousseff. Even with an ongoing process of political and economic instability, a series of proposals in the field of education are being pursued, among which is the construction of a National Curricular Common Base. The aim of this text is to problematize how some historians position themselves before the publication, in 2015, of the first version of the National Curricular Common Base for the History component. The disputes and conflicts occurred because the BNCC proposed a remodeling in the historical narratives emphasizing the History of Brazil and its Amerindian and African origins instead of the ancient and medieval history. Criticism following the publication of this preliminary document was not restricted to the space of universities and representative associations but involved editors and authors of textbooks, conservative politicians, fundamentalist religious and tabloid journalists. This article analyzes a sample of academic and journalistic texts that structured the debate and proposes a preliminary analysis of the arguments used and their relationship with political-academic postures, identifying possible categories for further content analysis..

Key words: curriculum, history teaching, Eurocentrism, scientific denialism.