ALFABETIZAÇÃO COMO APROPRIAÇÃO DA CULTURA ESCRITA

Abstract

The aim of this article is to discuss a notion of literacy as the appropriation of written culture. The discussion is grounded in anthropological references of literacy, drawing from the contributions of the field of New Literacy Studies (NLS) and the formulations of Paulo Freire regarding literacy and written culture. Empirical foundation is anchored in the productions carried out within the scope of the Research Group on Literacy, Language, and Coloniality (GPEALE). It problematizes the established dichotomy between early literacy and literacy practices in both the theoretical field and pedagogical practices, a result of decades of circulation of these concepts within established frameworks in the country. The article presents three examples of "literacy events," ethnographically analyzed, and concludes that these events, observed in classes of different teachers, constitute possibilities for breaking the dichotomy, as the proposed writing situations simultaneously involve social uses and knowledge of the alphabetic writing system.