Previsões do tempo em folhas soltas: práticas de cultura escrita de um agricultor gaúcho (1976 a 2022)

Abstract

This work aims to verify what are the uses and functions of the weather forecasts writing, produced by a subject with little schooling, analyzing the meanings attributed to this practice in his individual journey. The research consists in understanding the long and unusual writing process of "weather forecasts", authored by David Vinoski, currently 72 years old. For this, the handwritten "loose sheets" provided the opportunity for an investigation with the purpose of understanding David's ways of involvement with the production and circulation of the written culture in the community of Vista Alegre do Prata/RS and its surroundings, where he lives. The theoretical field used in the analysis and discussion of the materials consists of authors such as Castillo Gomez (2003; 2020), Chartier (1990; 1998; 1999; 2003; 2004; 2010), Hébrard (2001), Viñao Frago (1999), and especially Galvão (2002; 2010) with the concept of written culture, as well as Thies (2008; 2013). The methodology used in this research is the documentary analysis considering the legitimacy of the "loose sheets", the materialities and meanings contained in them, combined with the realization of a semi-structured interview to better understand the process of the records in paper supports. Far from the hegemony of cultural power centered on judicial, legislative, and literary writings, and aware that other writings are still scarce in academic analyses, the investigation analyzed the existence of 23 weather forecasts written in handwritten form and another 42 divided into 13 typewritten and 29 typed. The forecasts were prepared by David and revised by a person in the city hall of Vista Alegre do Prata (Rio Grande do Sul, BR). The research shows significant changes between the two production processes regarding the supports, writing instruments and the materialities. As a conclusion, it is possible to verify the cultural impacts that the "loose sheets" produced in the farmer's writing process, as one of the ways of preserving the family memory and the common knowledge, besides the maintenance and registration of one of the ways of living in the rural world. When circulating socially, the typed (previously typewritten) and photocopied support is what confers legitimacy to the records where it circulates as well as symbolic recognition to the producer of the writings. The work seeks to bring contributions to the History of Education, especially to the History of Written Culture, working with the writings of a "common subject" who sustains a written production for over 50 years.