Forjando uma pátria nova: a experiência singular das brizoletas no Rio Grande do Sul na segunda metade do século 20

Abstract

Through this text, we present a study about the school buildings called brizoletas, which were built in Rio Grande do Sul, during Leonel Brizola‟s government (1959-1963). This is a bibliographic, documentary and descriptive study, which aims to demonstrate how brizoletas have been constituted in public monuments dedicated to the celebration of their own past. So, it was traced to a set of mobilization actions, which have been developed with a view to the conservation and restoration of remnants of these school buildings. In general, we note that, within the scope of these actions, we highlight the dissemination of news related to brizoletas; the mobilization of the figure of former governor Leonel Brizola, as leadership of movements for schooling; the remembrance of this singular experience, as a justification for the proposition of new legislation; as well as the different uses of experience and family relationship with the former governor, as a qualification in political-party disputes in the state.