“Não é toda mulher que quer ser parteira não!”. O ensino da aprendiz de parteira como tradição e identidade da parteira indígena Pankararu

Abstract

This research aimed to understand the process of training Pankararu indigenous midwives through the midwife trainee through the identification of the constitutive elements of tradition and identity underlying the experiences developed and mediated in the pedagogical relationship with their apprentices. An indigenous midwife is one who attends home birth (PD) in the community and is thus recognized. Over the years the Pankaratu have preserved the tradition of the PD with the perpetuation of this knowledge among the women of the village. The search for apprentices for insertion in the parish is essential because of the advanced age of the midwives and the opportunity of other paid education for young women. An ethnographic case study was carried out in education with Pankararu indigenous midwives and midwife apprentices who made it possible to observe the practical experience and routine of midwives in the perspective of response situations (AMADO, 2017) for this demand in education (ANDRÉ, 2005) . The narrative interview with script, the observation of the field and complementarily, official documents, constituted the multiple techniques and data instruments of the ethnographic method. The Pankararu use the tradition of PD and the rituals in indigenous teaching of apprentices, it recognizes, values and is based on various dimensions, ethnic, symbolic, collective, family and female logic. Even if there are secrets that can not be revealed in an ethnography, how the learner is chosen, the elements of tradition and their identity, the scenarios and situations of learning, the essential knowledge, as the title of midwife is given, and the relation with the courses from government agencies were questions elucidated in the research. The PD in Pankararu has been strengthened by the midwives' position of having an apprentice even outside their direct family relationship.