Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: JUVENCINA MAGNA SILVA DE ARAUJO

THE KEY OF THE ENCHANTED VALLEY: THEATER IN DIALOGUES ABOUT NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES WITH EARLY YEARS STUDENTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Theatre. Stereotypes. Dialogue. Plurality. Collaborative process.

The present paper is focused on the study of negative stereotypes in the school setting of the
initial school grades and their repercussions, stemming from reflective listening on the
context in which Escola Municipal Professor Berilo Wanderley is embedded, as well as
artistic appreciation, critical analyses, and experiments on the subject. As an art teacher,
researcher, and appreciator, I have been instigated to reflect upon the stigmatized condition
of the students of the referred school, located in the city of Natal, RN. The first analysis
insights emerged when I watched the film Chave do Vale Encantado (2019), as I came across
the possibility of "playing" with my students, through the fictional character of the theatrical
language, telling stories where it would be possible to consider human plurality in its most
diverse possibilities, therefore deconstructing the "single stories" idea, outlined by an
eurocentric and colonial paintbrush. The study has been embodied following some questions,
the main one being about the methodological possibilities to be used to discuss stereotypes
in the school context. As a response to that, I engage in a dialogue with the following authors:
Paulo Freire (2020), Augusto Boal (1999), Bruno Bettelheim (2020), Erving Goffman
(1980), bell hooks (2020), Chimamanda Adichie (2019), among others presented on this
artistic/pedagogical journey, where the crossing of a film work to theater results in a short
scene of experimental and collaborative character.