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: o associativismo escotista e o enquadramento da juventude em Portugal (1911-1939)

Abstract

The institutionalization of boy-scouting associations in Portugal opened a new model of social framing for youth. An educational project supported by several republican factions since the beginnings, in the transition from monarchy to republic in 1910, as it aimed at a new and modern European archetype of citizenship, fatherland and civilization, under specific models of gender, race and, at least initially, without any connotation with the Catholic universe. The cultural transmission of scouting, and how Portuguese youth adopted it, is one of the relevant topics in the most recent historiographical debates about the role of social movements in the modern construction of future citizens. The main research into the Scouting method in Portugal has been carried out mostly from the history of education, however, a new look at its genesis was still missing. This perspective allows it to respond to the resistance capabilities against juvenile policies of state absorption, with the establishment of the Mocidades Portuguesas, both in metropole as in the empire. In this way, the period between 1911 and 1939 it is crucial and was selected to observe how Robert Baden-Powell's ideas were accepted in Portugal, got materialized and institutionalized, and how association representatives articulated and adapted to the various established political regimes. This observation allows us to understand the exclusivity of the Portuguese case within European dictatorial geographies, with Portugal being the only country in the continent to tolerate the existence of Scout associations, side by side with the state youth.

Date of Award	16 Apr 2024
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa University of Lisbon University of Évora University Institute of Lisbon
Supervisor	Paulo F. de Oliveira Fontes (Supervisor)