Reconocimiento de la memoria colectiva y familiar en la construcción de identidad cultural con los niños del grado tercero del Colegio Tom Adams IED

Abstract

This research focused on studying the memories that third-grade children at Tom Adams School have constructed around the most significant family moments in their lives. These memories are driven by collective memory processes, driven by narratives and the reinterpretation of the past through the use of tangible devices such as works of art, everyday objects, and photographs; and intangible devices such as stories, dance, customs, and traditions that foster and activate the process of remembering. These actions evoked significant individual and collective memories in the students, which made it possible to highlight the role of children as memory builders, as well as the role of intersubjectivity and culture in this process. The cultural approaches implemented during the research with the children and families enabled the discovery of identities through otherness, evoking memories and developing their own identity construction. Likewise, the importance of recognizing emotions as a fundamental part of memory construction is highlighted. Considering that children not only remember facts but also the feelings associated with them, the accumulation of emotions, customs, and beliefs has both a positive and negative impact on them and is decisive in establishing the types of social interactions they build with others. The study was conducted using a qualitative research method with an ethnographic approach. The main focus was fieldwork carried out in 2023 with children attending the Tom Adams IED public school, in the third grade of primary education. This proposal explored family and collective memory for the construction of cultural identity and the different intergenerational social interactions, which were shaped within the classroom, based on artistic languages such as painting, film, and photography, among others, taking into account the importance of recognizing their own history, their family, and their immediate environment, such as the school.