Lourdes Ramalho e o método LerAtos na formação de professoras Leiautoras Utópicas em bibliotecas de Portugal e do Brasil

Abstract

The research arises from a question: how to encourage teachers to become Utopian Lecturer Teachers (PLUs) and Lecturer trainers through the mediation of the theatrical text Maria Roupa de Palha (2008), by Lourdes Ramalho, in the context of libraries? The objective was to investigate the impacts of the LerAtos Method of forming Ubiquitous Active Lecturer Communities (ANDRADE, 2021), in the application of the Formação Continuada de Professoras Leiautoras Utópicas (FC-PLUs) in the Public Library of Sumé-PB, pointing to the implementation of the concept and use of libraries as Multifunctional Spaces, along with that in force in libraries in Portugal, of which the Public Library and Regional Archive of Ponta Delgada is one of the most expressive examples in the country. Regarding the research internship at the Portuguese library, a structured interview was conducted with the institutional representative and librarian for the purpose of appropriating concepts and practices of a multifunctional library. The study at the Brazilian library was carried out by applying the LerAtos method through the holding of four reading-authorship workshops distributed over ten meetings. In the (1) Dreaming Workshop, the teachers were encouraged to think about the general theme of the workshop, which was “Women’s Protagonism in a Utopian Heroine’s Journey against the Problems of the Dystopian World”, including violence against women, gender prejudice, feminicide, etc. In the (2) Enjoyment Workshop, the PLUs performed a performative reading of the play Maria Roupa de Palha, by Lourdes Ramalho, using vocal and gestural resources to engage the text and the body. In the (3) Creation Workshop, the exercise of producing twenty new works in poetic language was carried out. In the (4) Donation Workshop, the experiment of delivering the new work as a social enterprise was carried out, through publication in cyberspace and a gamified campaign to attract spectators who comment on the works and performances. Finally, this research presents as a result the impacts of FC-PLUs through the LerAtos Method in a library context, through analysis of the influence indicators before and after the experience, since the twenty PLUs self-evaluated themselves regarding the training process.