Biografia de Josef Umann: memórias e contribuições educacionais de um imigrante alemão em terras brasileiras (03/11/1850 - 13/08/1927)

Abstract

This research asks how Josef Umann contributed to the economic, social and educational development of Cecilia line community, in the city of Venancio Aires, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The objective was biografar Josef Umann, German migrant who immigrated to Brazil in the second half of the nineteenth century, due to the European crisis triggered from the industrialization process, highlighting the economic, social and educational context of Cecilia line community. This scope was awarded through the oral narratives of Hugo Umann, Jaeger Standard, Nilda Umann, respectively, grandson, granddaughter and daughter of Josef Umann, Hilda Agnes Hübner Flowers, historian of the German immigration theme in Rio Grande do Sul, acquired with the methodology of oral history complemented by other documentary and image sources as: minutes, photographs, gravestones, museum pieces, poems, books and other media accessed during the research. The primary argument was to consider that Josef Umann was an immigrant and settler Cecilia line that greatly contributed to its development, precursor in promoting reading and education. Data analysis was performed by: a transcription of the interviews recorded in digital equipment, transcription and validation; document analysis; and the comparison of survey results with the official story. The findings of this demonstrate the importance of Josef Umann Cecilia in line community in the educational , economic and social nature . The immigration issue in Brazil has been much discussed , however, permeate the process of integration into the culture, education and identity of the people " Brazilian" still deserves to be a natural source of studies and research.