Memory and memory’s appropriation: educator Thales Castanho de Andrade’s profiles

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to analyse the construction process of educator and infant-juvenile literature writer Thales Castanho de Andrade’s different profiles. The starting point of this research was the examination of three bound tomes of newspaper clippings, at “Biblioteca Pública Municipal de Piracicaba ‘Ricardo Ferraz de Arruda Pinto’”, referred like folders, denomination conferred by the public library, relating to the author’s memory. To verify the Thales Castanho de Andrade’s and other city important people’s profiles, were analysed speeches by local press journalists who had elected pertinent subjects which contributed to the making of author’s memory and to make him a reference to the city.