Cantos de esperança: educação musical com encarcerados

Abstract

While observing the musical activity among the students of the prison teaching unit, in the Annex III of the Colégio Estadual Paulo VI, in Feira de Santana-BA, it is noticed that this interaction reveals values and generates a cycle of musical production. This is a work that consists of three parts: memorial, article and research reports, according to UFBA's PPGPROM rules. In the memorial, I will explain about the origin and the trajectory of this project, while in the article, I will focus on the importance of musical education with prisoners and its effects. Then, the reports will relate to the activities carried out throughout the process. This study is based on the fundamentals of Pereira (2011), MacDonald (2012), and Cohen (2007). Some aspects of social pedagogy in favor of music will be addressed. A case study is estimated between this North American work (Oakdale Community Choir) and the process of musical experiences with prisoners through collective singing, in the Penal Settlement of Feira de Santana-BA, in a group of inmates as students of basic education. This experience allowed me to deepen some reflections on music education and the use of collective singing as a tool in the process of re-socialization, in the themes present in the article, as well as in personal and professional practices.