[pt] Este projeto de pesquisa investiga como a população negra, moradora do município de São Paulo, SP, mobilizou-se em torno dos chamados Bailes Blacks. Sobretudo na sua relação periferia-centro, esta conjuntura social produziu estratégias de supervivência em um território demarcado por tentativas de apagamento, segregação racial e deslocamentos dentro deste tecido urbano. Tais movimentos — de saída de regiões localizadas nas bordas da cidade, se dirigindo a pontos de encontro estratégicos na região central — se reconhecem como geradores de territorialidades em transformação, se constituindo em um campo de constantes disputas socioeconômicas, simbólicas e, especialmente, políticas. Tendo como pano de fundo uma dinâmica de encontro e convívio de pares, este tipo de apropriação na urbe paulistana — sobretudo através da dança e da música —, permitiu a formação do que é caracterizado no trabalho como um tipo de saber-festivo. A pesquisa foi conduzida por uma metodologia que analisou a história das relações da população negra com os bailes no Brasil: desde o período pós-abolição, com os clubes; passando pelas associações, como a Imprensa Negra e a Frente Negra Brasileira; e culminando com os Bailes Blacks, que recebem destaque em um recorte temporal iniciado no final dos anos 1950 até meados dos anos 1980. Como técnicas de pesquisa elaboradas para esta dissertação, foi realizada uma revisão de literatura — que considerou o estudo aprofundado de artigos científicos, jornais, documentários e demais registros da época —, assim como entrevistas com protagonistas-chave, participantes dos Bailes Blacks. / [en] This research project investigates how the black population living in the municipality of São Paulo, SP, mobilized around the so-called Bailes Blacks. Especially in its periphery-center relationship, this social conjuncture produced strategies for survival in a territory demarcated by attempts at erasure, racial segregation and displacement within this urban fabric. These movements — from regions located on the edges of the city to strategic meeting points in the central region — are recognized as generating territorialities in transformation, constituting a field of constant socio-economic, symbolic and, especially, political disputes. Against the backdrop of a dynamic of meeting and socializing of peers, this type of appropriation in the city of São Paulo — especially through dance and music — has allowed for the formation of what is characterized in the work as a type of festive knowledge. The research was conducted using a methodology that analyzed the history of the black population s relationship with dances in Brazil: from the post-abolition period, with clubs; through associations, such as the Black Press and the Brazilian Black Front; and culminating with the Black Dances, which are highlighted in a time frame that began in the late 1950s until the mid-1980s. As research techniques for this dissertation, a literature review was carried out - which considered the in-depth study of articles on the subject.

This study explored school choice and school commuting in the town of Ladybrand in the Free State Province. A mixed research method (survey and qualitative interviews) was used. Grade 8 parents from all three public secondary schools in Ladybrand were surveyed. Members of the School Governing Bodies (SGB) and School Management Teams (SMT) were also interviewed. The study found that all three schools are dominated by Black African children, although Ladybrand High (a fee-charging, former Model C, whites-only school), had a multiracial learner profile. Most Black African learners in Ladybrand High came from lower to middle-class working homes in the neighbouring township. Lesotho nationals were also enrolled in this school. Most Ladybrand High learners had parents who are married, financially resourced, educated, and working in skilled or professional jobs. In terms of Lereng Secondary and Sehlabeng Secondary School (both no-fee township schools), most learners hail from poorly educated, single-parent homes, where the parents are either working in semi-skilled or unskilled jobs or are unemployed. None were from Lesotho. Their financial status is weak. These parents said they selected the school based on proximity and low cost, whereas quality of education drove enrolment in Ladybrand High. Thus, the schools in the Ladybrand area demonstrate that class segregation has replaced apartheid race segregation. Learners from Ladybrand High commute using a variety of transport modes, while learners in township schools either use a subsidised government bus or walk – in some cases long distances if they live on neighbouring farms. The township schools complained of poor learner discipline and feeling unsafe due to local gang activities, both of which negatively impact on the functioning of the schools. This was not the case with Ladybrand High. While all the schools offer extra lessons, the two township schools hold extensive extra-lesson sessions and matriculation study camps. / Environmental Sciences / M. Sc. (Environmental Management)

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