Hygienist assumptions and the Imperial Instituto dos Meninos Cegos
In the nineteenth century, the first institution for the instruction of blind people in Brazil was founded, the Imperial Instituto dos Meninos Cegos [Imperial Institute of Blind Children] in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The founders were José Alvares de Azevedo and José Francisco Xavier Sigaud. The f...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Educação Especial (UFSM) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/85424 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://periodicos.ufsm.br/educacaoespecial/article/view/85424 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Educação Especial Educação de cegos História da Educação Especial Higienismo Special Education Education of the blind History of Special Education Hygienism Educación Especial Educación de ciegos Historia de la Educación Especial |
| Sumario: | In the nineteenth century, the first institution for the instruction of blind people in Brazil was founded, the Imperial Instituto dos Meninos Cegos [Imperial Institute of Blind Children] in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The founders were José Alvares de Azevedo and José Francisco Xavier Sigaud. The former was blind and a professor trained in Paris and the latter was an influential hygienist and visionary. Through the foundation of this institution the foundations for the education of people with visual impairment in Brazil were established. Thus, the objective of this study was to delineate the impact of hygienism in the Imperial Instituto dos Meninos Cegos, taking into account the management of two medical directors in the Imperial period and the circulation and appropriation of hygienist precepts by the society of Rio de Janeiro. To this end, an investigation with a qualitative approach, of documentary nature, was conducted, based on primary sources. The time frame was from 1854 to 1889. Through the study, it was possible to verify the strong impact of hygienism in the institution, from the performance of directors and appointed doctors who shaped with their speeches and various actions the profile of the institution. |
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