Identidade e representações sociais: evidências e correlações a partir de pesquisas da área da Educação

Abstract

This article verified the correlations between identity and social representations (SR) through the analysis of research findings from master's and doctoral theses in Education conducted at the Federal University of Minas Gerais Faculty of Education (UFMG). It was developed through a document search, which selected eight research products (among master’s theses and doctoral dissertations) that complied with the proposed methodology. All studies were correlated with the Rural Education field. Data analysis found that in research with different subjects and objects, different methodologies and analysis methods, identity permeates explains SR. In some cases, the tension placed on the peasant identity makes social representations move and/or strengthen; or even the way the subjects think, feel and act (social representations) determines how they fit in or define themselves with regard to their identity.