Projeto Memória & História

Projeto Memória & História (Memory & History Project) is a core initiative of the Fundação Perseu Abramo (FPA), a Brazilian think tank created by the Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores, PT) on May 5, 1996. The project was established as one of the foundation's original work lines, focused on recovering and preserving the memory and history of the PT and related social movements. It operates within the FPA's broader mission of political education, ideological reflection, and cultural production. The project's activities include collecting and organizing historical documents, conducting oral history interviews, producing publications, and maintaining archives that document the trajectory of the PT from its founding in 1980 to the present. It serves as a resource for researchers, party members, and the public interested in the history of the Brazilian left and democratic struggles. As part of the FPA, the project benefits from the foundation's institutional structure, including its editorial arm (Editora FPA) and research centers such as the Núcleo de Opinião Pública, Pesquisas e Estudos (NOPPE). The FPA is headquartered in São Paulo and operates nationally, funded primarily through the Partisan Fund (Fundo Partidário) as mandated by Brazilian law. The Projeto Memória & História reflects the PT's commitment to documenting its own history and contributing to the broader historical record of social and political movements in Brazil. It remains an active program within the FPA, supporting the foundation's goals of political formation and critical thinking.

The Projeto Memória & História was established as one of the founding work lines of the Fundação Perseu Abramo (FPA) in 1996. The FPA itself was instituted by the National Directorate of the Workers' Party (PT) on May 5, 1996, following a decision that aimed to create a space outside party instances for political and ideological reflection, debates, studies, and research. The foundation was named in honor of journalist Perseu Abramo, who had been the PT's national secretary of political formation and had worked on the preliminary plans for the foundation before his death. The creation of the FPA was made viable by the establishment of the Partisan Fund (Fundo Partidário) through Law 9.096 of September 19, 1995, which required that at least 20% of the funds allocated to political parties be applied to the creation and maintenance of a research and political education institute or foundation. This provided a stable financial basis for the new entity. In the foundation's initial work plan, the Projeto Memória & História was defined as the line of action dedicated to the recovery of the memory and history of the PT. This involved collecting documents, recording oral histories, and producing publications that chronicle the party's trajectory and its role in Brazilian politics. The project was part of a broader set of activities that also included ideological reflection, publications (through Editora FPA and the journal Teoria a Debate), and public opinion research (NOPPE). The first public activity of the FPA was a seminar titled "O Modo Petista de Governar" (The Petista Way of Governing) in November 1996. The Projeto Memória & História has since contributed to various publications and archival efforts, often in collaboration with other departments of the foundation. It remains an integral part of the FPA's mission to preserve the historical legacy of the PT and the Brazilian labor movement.

• 1996

  Fundação Perseu Abramo is instituted by the Workers' Party National Directorate on May 5, establishing Projeto Memória & História as one of its founding work lines.

• 1996

  First public activity of the FPA, the seminar 'O Modo Petista de Governar', is held in November.

A political-cultural memory preservation initiative within a partisan think tank, dedicated to documenting the history of the Workers' Party and the Brazilian left.

Product categories. Historical archives · Oral history collections · Publications on PT history · Documentaries · Research materials

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