Emancipação humana e social no núcleo musical do Projeto Social Peixotinho

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze the processes of human and social emancipation made possible by the social, artistic and educational work developed by the Peixotinho musical project. The research is inserted in the current context of teaching and learning music in the non-governmental organization (NGO) for children and young people coming from communities neighboring the Project and in their majority from the popular classes of Recife and Olinda. I present the guiding question: "Has the Núcleo Musical of Peixotinho contributed to the human and social emancipation of young residents of the periphery of Recife and Olinda?" and from there I formulate the hypothesis that Peixotinho is capable of generating emancipation through professional musical, artistic, and human formation of the student subjects, and that this formation is of an emancipatory character. We used semi-structured interviews as an instrument to collect data from managers and graduated students in order to answer the guiding question and discuss the experience of the Núcleo Musical Irmã Scheilla of the Projeto Peixotinho in the light of some theories of the sociology of education. I conclude that the Núcleo Musical, from the voices of the interviews, possesses the human and social emancipatory potential, starting from musical education but expanding to other dimensions of life.