Abstract
The field of anthropology of education is in the process of consolidation in Brazil, having expanded considerably in recent years. In this article, I carry out an analysis of the anthropology of education in Brazil based on the activities developed in the last Brazilian Anthropology Meetings (2000-2020). I point to the presence of activities related to education in all editions of the analyzed period, perceiving a certain divide in terms of thematic: on the one hand, those related to the issues of teaching anthropology and the training of anthropologists, on the other, those related to a broader discussion about the anthropology of educational practices. This division reflects, to a certain extent, the different research agendas that anthropologists of education have. In the case of those linked institutionally to the Departments of Anthropology/Social Sciences, there is a greater concern with the theme of teaching anthropology and the training of anthropologists/social scientists, while those linked to the Faculties of Education are closer to a discussion about learning spaces, with emphasis on ethnographic research in the school context. I seek to capture how the agents mobilize themselves in the formation of anthropology of education in Brazil and how this reveals tensions and disputes involving mainly the institutional fragmentation of this field.
Anthropology of education; Academic field; History of anthropology; Brazilian anthropology; Brazilian Anthropology Meeting