VISUALITY IN AFRO-BRAZILIAN ART: THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DIDACTIC PORTFOLIO - A/R/TOGRAPHIC
Teaching of Visual Arts; Law 10.639/2003; Afro-Brazilian art; A/r/tography.
In the line of research of the theoretical-methodological approach of teaching practices, this proposal is presented, entitled “Visuality in Afro-Brazilian Art: the construction of a didactic portfolio - a/r/tographic” from a perspective of Art-Based Educational Research - PEBA, a/r/tography (DIAS; IRWIN, 2023). In this case, the general objective is to analyze the intervention of teaching visuality in Afro-Brazilian Art based on the construction of a didactic portfolio - a/r/tographic, applied to students in the final 8th and 9th grades of Elementary School in Visual Arts classes at the Francisco Quinino de Medeiros Municipal School in the municipality of Ipueira/RN. The problem arose from the need to develop meaningful strategies for students in teaching about Afro-Brazilian Art. In order to be able to substantiate the challenges encountered in this process, providing adequate grounding, I resorted to authors such as: Morin (1999); Vianna (2006); Azevedo Júnior (2007); Barbosa (2000); Duarte Junior (1991); Salum (2000); Bishop (2012); Conduru (2007) and other researchers who contributed to the study of art, as well as references from Law 10.639/03 (BRAZIL, 2003). Thus, a pedagogical proposal was developed seeking to provide students with the opportunity to experience concrete and significant experiences about Afro-Brazilian art, supported by the elements of visual language and structured based on the tripod: feeling, thinking and acting. An action typical of the action-research dynamic in which the approach is “carried out in a space of dialogue where the actors involved participate in solving problems, with differentiated knowledge, proposing solutions and learning through action.” (THIOLLENT, 2002, p.4). A dynamic process culminating in the organization of a final publication, a didactic product based on the experiences lived and available to other educators. However, it is believed that this approach is a true pedagogically visual journey, which integrates students in a creative and comprehensive way, fostering exploration, critical thinking and artistic expression under the nuances of Africanness.