School. 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.