SINDSEMS: Stories and memories

She holds a degree in History from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (1997), a master's degree (2000) and a doctorate (2006) in History from the same institution, and a post-doctorate from the University of Évora - Portugal (2015). She has experience in the area of ​​History, with an emphasis on Social History, working mainly on the following themes: Brazil, social experiences, memory, culture, oral history, productive restructuring and industrial heritage. She did an internship at La Sapienza University (Rome) under the supervision of Professor Alessandro Portelli. She is a member of the International Council of Monuments and Sites in Ceará (ICOMOS-CE), of the Municipal Heritage Council of Sobral, of the National History Association (ANPUH), is a member of the Brazilian Oral History Association and has been an associate professor of the History course at the Vale do Acaraú State University (UVA) since 2011.

Joel Souza, 37, is the son of farmers João Fernandes de Souza and Alzira Alves Loiola de Souza, both deceased. Born in Sobral, he was raised in the town of Salgado dos Mendes – Forquilha, where he spent his entire childhood and adolescence. With his father, he learned to enjoy associations, unions, politics and also books, and in this sense he always nurtured the desire to pursue a higher education, a dream that began to come true in 2009, when he enrolled in the Geography course at the Vale do Acaraú State University (UVA). During this period, he worked at Grendene and also taught at the João Ribeiro Ramos High School, when he came to substitute one of the teachers. Due to some problems, he did not complete the Geography course, however, his dream remained alive. In 2016, he took a competitive exam to become an Endemic Disease Control Agent and began working in this activity in 2017, the year he returned to UVA, this time to study History, fulfilling his dream. At the same time, he also joined the Sobral Public Servants Union (SINDSEMS) as a fiscal advisor. The entity was the subject of his Final Course Work. In addition to his interest in unionism, associations and politics, he is very fond of cultural issues and that is why, whenever he has free time, he dedicates himself to cordel, drawings, paintings and the musical instrument that captivates him a lot, the accordion.

Graduated in History from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC). Specialist in Cultural Heritage of PEP-IPHAN. Master in Social History of Culture from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and Doctor in History from the Federal University of the State of Río de Janeiro (UNIRIO). I was a researcher at UNESCO in the Department of Museology at the Universidad Lusófona de Humanidades y Tecnologías in Lisbon, Portugal.

He is a PhD candidate in History Teaching through the Professional Doctorate in History Teaching PROFHistória (UFC), he has a Master's Degree in History Teaching from the same program (2023), he has a degree in History from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ - 2015); he works as a full-time teacher in the municipal network of Sobral (2024), as a temporary teacher at the Vale do Acaraú State University (UVA - 2024), he has experience as a History and Sociology teacher in High School, he was a temporary teacher of History and Sociology at the Manoel Mano State School of Professional Education (2019 - 2023), where he developed research on the interference of the private sector in the public school curriculum.