The 1964 regime and the genesis of UFMS: from Instituto Superior de Pedagogia to Campus do Pantanal, the first challenges for the affirmation of the fifty-year University

Abstract

Based on testimony from pioneers and bibliographical research, this article aims to rescue collective memory and, above all, to contribute to participatory reflection on the fifty-year trajectory of Campus of Pantanal, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (CPAN/UFMS). We used qualitative research in primary sources (documents and semi-structured interviews) and secondary sources (journals and studies on the theme), in which we carried out the compilation, correlative an interpretative phases of the material surveyed. Initially, we describe the national and regional historical context in which was created the Education Superior Institute. Then, let’s go through the experiences shared by former professors to get to know some of the challenges and achievements of the pioneers. In the end, a digression: how did this campus, near Bolivia and away from the national decision-making centers, manage to survive to seemingly insurmountable challenges and relevant achievements, despite the numerous teacher removals and reduced financial solvency?