Banca de DEFESA: TIAGO JULIAN DA SILVA MEDEIROS

AFRO ANCESTRAL REPAIR: UNDERSTANDING BLACKNESS FROM CAPOEIRA TEACHING

Capoeira, Blackness, School Physical Education; Litany.

Pointed out as one of the pedagogical possibilities by the National Common Curricular Base (BNCC), Capoeira has been gaining more and more space in school environments, however with regard to its applicability in School Physical Education classes, studies indicate that teachers do not feel feel confident in applying Capoeira in your classes. This is an element of body culture that is contrary to the racist and Eurocentric perspectives present in our society, made up of a multidimensional universe, which allows us to instigate different senses in students. That said, the present study seeks as a general objective to stimulate the understanding of the concept of blackness for students in the early years of elementary school, based on Afro-centered experiences from the perspective of capoeira. This is a descriptive qualitative study. The target audience for the study are students in the 5th year of elementary school. The analyzes and discussions of the results were carried out by the author himself, supported by his theoretical framework. The construction of self-descriptions and self-portraits, listening to the litanies, as well as their productions, the dialogue about the history of Capoeira and the body workshops, were pedagogical strategies used throughout the study during Physical Education classes. We obtained as products of analysis a self-description and a self-portrait carried out at the beginning and end of the intervention, the production of litanies and the field diary with the perceptions obtained in each meeting. After analyzing the materials, a great potential in Capoeira was observed regarding the development of blackness in students. However, it is worth highlighting that all interventions were prepared from an Afro-centered perspective, supported by the Pretagogy developed by Sandra Petit (2015). Having said this, the present study found that capoeira, as a content in school physical education classes, favors the understanding of blackness among students, from the formation of their black identity, to the breaking of stigmas imposed by racism.