Between Rivers, Ruins and Ancestry: The Encounter between Afro-descendant and Indigenous Knowledge in School Education in Vila Bela
Interculturality; Education; Curriculum; Singularity; Ancestry.
This dissertation, titled "Between Rivers, Ruins, and Ancestry: The Encounter between Afro-descendant and Indigenous Knowledge in School Education in Vila Bela," was developed at the PPGEDU (Graduate Program in Education) at UNEMAT, within the Education and Diversity research line. It aims to present the educational horizons of interculturality, grounded in the uniqueness of each people. The aim is to build an education that respects the diversity of knowledge and explore the relationships between school restructuring and the curriculum within the sociocultural context. The aim was to present data based on qualitative research, a literature review, document and legislative analysis, and we also used ethnographic research techniques and interviews. The study problematized the restructuring of school education and its impact on the development of a curriculum that meets the specific needs of Indigenous and Quilombola school education. The partial results indicate that the Ricardo Franco Municipal School incorporates into its pedagogical practices the appreciation of the cultural subjectivities of Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples, highlighting the importance of recognizing and preserving identity in the face of hegemonic public policies. The goal is to challenge established hegemonic power structures and value traditional and cultural knowledge.