THE BRAZIL NUT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE KAYABI-KAWAIWETE PEOPLE
Brazil Nut. Kayabi-Kawaiwete Culture. Interdisciplinary Studies. Pedagogical Activities.
This work is the result of a research project developed in the Graduate Program Degree in Teaching in Intercultural Indigenous Context. The goal of this work is developing teaching strategies in the areas of Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Language and Social Sciences, which are areas provided for in the Common National Curricular Base. For the development of these teaching strategies, it was necessary to establish a central theme, which in this work is the presence of Brazil nuts in the culture of the Kayabi-Kawaiwete people. The methodology used for the work to have the participation of the entire community was ethnography and participant research. The area where the research was made is the Apiaká-Kayabi Indigenous Land, it located in Juara, a small county in state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The results obtained both with the research that raised knowledge of collectors, elders, women and children about the management and uses of the nut, as the students who performed pedagogical activities on these processes, demonstrated that the nut is fundamental for all. In this sense it is possible to conclude that this study brought relevant information on Cultural, environmental and Social Aspects of Chestnut. And that this exercise contributed significantly to the development of a teaching proposal with pedagogical didactic activities that has as premise a diversified curriculum, whose function is to value social manifestations, Regional Cultural and Economic and Communities Where Schools are located.