Exhibition “FLORA, or the education of a girl in traditional society”
Central Library of UNED, from 28 September to 21 October 2022
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This exhibition was an initiative of the MANES Research Centre and the International Centre for School Culture (CEINCE) of Berlanga de Duero (Soria), to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the foundation of UNED and the 30th anniversary of the creation of the MANES Centre. The Cultural Activities Commission of the Library and the General Archive of the UNED, as well as the Faculty of Education, are collaborating in the organisation.
The exhibition explores and promotes a portrayal of the education of women in traditional society, an image based on differentiation and exclusion, categories and values that dominated the education of women in the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. Textbooks and school material in which the education of women in the past has been reflected were displayed, with the aim of contrasting the experiences of the past with the expectations of inclusion that the new gender relations postulate.
The material on display comes from the MANES Fund of UNED Library, the MANES Historical Fund kept in the General Archive of UNED, and the CEINCE.
The exhibition was inaugurated on 28 September 2022, at 11:00 a.m., in the UNED Library (Paseo Senda del Rey, 5), followed by a round table on the theme “School memory of women in Franco’s regime“. Four women took part in this round table, which was held at 12:00 p.m. in the Faculty of Law of UNED, sharing their experiences in their schools for girls in the 60s and 70s of the last century.
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This exhibition was also adapted to the display space of the Public Library of Alcañiz (Teruel) , with materials from the collections of the Public Library and the Municipal Archive of Alcañiz, as well as from several private collections and schools in the Lower Aragon region.
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