Between history and silence:

the deafness of D. João VI and his absence in educational narratives

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22420/rde.v19i45.2343

Keywords:

Education, Teaching, Diversity, Inclusion, Textbook, History

Abstract

History is an academic discipline and a cultural tool that plays a fundamental role in shaping the memories and identities of societies around the world. Thus, in this article we aim to denounce the process of erasure of people with disabilities in the figure of D. João VI, who was deaf, in textbooks. We present a research with a qualitative and quantitative approach in data platforms and a bibliographic review in a narrative form. The data collected in the research platforms and bibliographic review demonstrate that the topic of D. João VI's deafness is rarely addressed and when mentioned, it is often treated superficially and without due importance. We conclude that this contributes to the perpetuation of stereotypes and prejudices in relation to people with disabilities, in addition to reinforcing the invisibility of their historical contributions. We highlight the importance of raising awareness about diversity and the need to overcome the erasure of people with disabilities, valuing their participation and contribution to society.

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Author Biographies

Alessandra Furtado de Oliveira, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Doutora em Ciências, Tecnologia e Inclusão pela Universidade Federal Fluminense.

Jacqueline de Faria Barros Ramos, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Graduated in Literature from the Fluminense Federal University (1997), Master in Literature from the Fluminense Federal University (2002), PhD in Comparative Literature from the Fluminense Federal University (2007) and Post-doctorate in Language Studies, Education and Philosophy of Language, from UFF (2013/2014). Pedagogy, Psychoanalyst, from SEPAI, and Neuropsychopedagogue, studying a new Post-doctorate in Technology, Science and Inclusion through the Post-Graduate Program (PGCETin), at UFF. Currently, she is a permanent professor on the faculty of the Post-Graduate Program in Diversity and Inclusion, Institute of Biology, CMPDI/UFF. She worked as Pedagogical Coordinator in state schools, including the Niterói Institute of Education and the CEM Joaquim Gomes de Sousa Intercultural Brazil-China, where she also served as Deputy Director. She worked for 25 years as a teacher of Portuguese Language and Literature and, today, she is a Full Professor of Higher Education (since 2008), teaching the subjects of History of Pedagogy in Brazil, Linguistics, Portuguese Language, Literary Theory, Brazilian Narrative, African Literature, Children's Literature, Research Methodology, History of the Portuguese Language and Literature in the Undergraduate Program at the Faculdade Lusófona do Rio de Janeiro, located in São Gonçalo, where she also served as Coordinator of the Institute of Education of the Faculty of Letters, from 2016 to 2017. At Lusófona do RJ, she teaches all courses (Law, Pedagogy, Technologists and Administration). Specialist Professor of Inclusive Special Education on the permanent staff of the Municipal Department of Education of Niterói/FME, since 2017, in Early Childhood Education. In 2013, she was a content teacher at Unyleya College (AVM), developing teaching materials for the subjects of Literary Theory, Latin and Romance Philology. From 2011 to 2013, she worked as a content scholarship holder at the Fundação Centro de Ciências e Educação Superior à Distância do Estado do RJ (CECIERJ/CEDERJ), carrying out state curricular reviews of the Minimum Curricula of Portuguese Language and Literature. She also produced the Minimum Curriculum of Textual Production for Regular Education and was Academic Coordinator of the Language and Literature Curriculum for Normal Education, Teacher Training. She remained as a content developer, developing teaching materials for Nova Eja and all the Curricular Pedagogical Guidance material for secondary and elementary education at SEEDUC. Today, she remains on the CEDERJ's contracted staff as a tutor/mediator of Teacher Refresher Courses for the networks and as a Reviewer for the Public Education Magazine (since 2021). She is a member of the Extension and Research Group "Language, Literature and Citizenship: democratizing access to Higher Education", at CAP-UERJ, and of the Galileu Galileu Project Inclusion Center, at UFF (CMPDI). Her doctoral thesis was selected for publication in a book by EDUFF, Niterói, published in 2017 under the title TRILOGIA DE SOMBRAS: Saramago, Santo Agostinho e Heidegger. She recently published a new work, now fictional, under the title "Contos Resistentes". He has experience in the areas of: Literature, Pedagogy, Tourism and Law, with an emphasis on Portuguese Language, Textual Production, History of Language, Portuguese Literature, History of Education and Philosophy, working mainly on the following themes: reading, analysis, José Saramago, short stories, art, poetry, education and cinema.

Célia Maria Adão de Oliveira Aguiar de Sousa, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria

PhD in Educational Sciences. Since 2006, he has coordinated the Resource Center for Digital Inclusion (CRID), at IPLeiria. Career professor at the Higher School of Education and Social Sciences of the Polytechnic of Leiria. Integrated Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Research Center for Social Sciences at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Member of the board of directors of the Portuguese Society of Rehabilitation and Accessibility Engineering (SUPERA). Expert of the commission for awarding the Inclusive Employer Entity Brand 2021. Guest professor of the Program in Cultural Diversity and Social Inclusion Feevale University and the University of Cape Verde (UNICV) within the scope of the Master's degree in Special Education. Over the last two decades, he has developed projects in the areas of Supportive Technologies, inclusion, accessibility and Augmentative Communication. She has collaborated as an international consultant in the areas of accessibility and inclusion with different entities, including consultancy work for the implementation of inclusive education legislation with the Government of Cape Verde. She is Author and Co-author in different national and international publications in the areas of Supportive Technologies, Augmentative Communication, Inclusive Education and cultural accessibility. In 2007, he received the Afonso Lopes Vieira Trophy, in the Communication Category by Semanário Região de Leiria, in 2015 the High Potential Initiative Award in Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship, with the Projects: Shared Inclusive Reading Project (PLIP), and the Mil Project Mil Sorrisos toys, by the Map of Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship, in 2017 the "EKUIzador of the Year" Award by the LEQUE Association, in 2018 the Acesso Cultura 2018 Award with the multiformat book A Rainha das Rosas. In 2018, she was named Good Will Ambassador by the Colmeia Association for the work developed in Cape Verde within the scope of inclusion and accessibility. In 2017, she was awarded a letter of thanks, by His Holiness, Pope Francis, for the work carried out as part of the celebrations of the Centenary of the Apparitions of Fátima. In 2021 she was distinguished by the Regional Directorate of Culture of the Center Women in Culture and in the Safeguard of the Intangible Heritage of the Central Region for the work developed in the field of cultural accessibility.

Ruth Maria Mariani Braz, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Post-doctorate in the postgraduate program in Science, Technology and Inclusion at the Fluminense Federal University. PhD in Science and Biotechnology from the Institute of Biology at the Fluminense Federal University; Recognized by the University of Minho for the doctorate in Educational Sciences and I completed the sandwich doctorate at the University of Porto. Specialist "Lato Sensu" in Special Physical Education (Castelo Branco University). I have a degree in Full Degree in Physical Education from the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ). I am a professor I - Secretary of Education of the State of Rio de Janeiro and a professor of the professional master's course in Diversity and Inclusion at UFF. I worked as executive coordinator of the Spread The Sign International project in Brazil and coordinate the Galileu Galilei Inclusion Center and participate in the TeCEADI+ research group: Computational Technologies in teaching and learning from the perspective of Diversity, Inclusion and Innovation. I am a student advisor for the Professional Master's Degree in Diversity and Inclusion at the Institute of Biology at UFF. I develop research related to the following themes: Inclusive Education, Deaf Education, Assistive Technology, genders; preparation of adapted teaching materials, didactics with the aim of assisting students with disabilities in regular education classes, a philosophy that I defend and that is currently adopted in the institutions where I work. I have experience in the area of ​​Education, with an emphasis on Inclusive Education, technology and didactics, working mainly on the following themes: teacher training, public policies, diversity, Interdisciplinarity, awareness, adaptation and preparation of teaching materials and play.

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2025-12-24

How to Cite

Oliveira, A. F. de, de Faria Barros Ramos, J. de F. B., Adão de Oliveira Aguiar de Sousa, C. M. A. de O. A. de, & Mariani Braz, R. M. M. (2025). Between history and silence:: the deafness of D. João VI and his absence in educational narratives. Retratos Da Escola, 19(45), 1265–1278. https://doi.org/10.22420/rde.v19i45.2343

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Vol. 19 No. 45 (2025): Afrorreferenciar a Educação: negros currículos, negras didáticas, negros cotidianos - Vol I

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Espaço Aberto