STORIES IN COMICS AND INDIGENOUS SCHOOL EDUCATION: comics as a didactic-pedagogical instrument in the teaching of Art, at the Salustiana Borari Indigenous School, in Novo Lugar village, Maró Indigenous Land, Santarém-PA.
Comics, Indigenous Education; Indigenous School Education; Art teaching; Intercultural Methodologies; Borari people
This work aimed to reflect on the production and use of comics as pedagogical material during art classes at the Salustiana Borari school in Novo Lugar village, Borari people. This proposal was based on activities carried out together with teachers and students from 6th to 9th grade, which included the elaboration of comics that talk about the stories of local cosmology. To this end, over a period of one week, workshops were organized with indigenous teachers so that they would have more technical information about the language of comics. Also, during that week, teachers prepared lesson plans that used comics as a didactic tool, as well as proposals for students to make their own comics. The methodology adopted in the work was research of the "Action Research" type, with a qualitative approach, which sought, through semi-structured questionnaires, to assess the level of relationship between teachers and students with the language of comics, and, beforehand, to understand the possibility that the proposed didactic material contributes to the culture of the Borari people through its use in the classroom. In the analysis of the collected data, it was observed the works already produced by the indigenous teachers as a didactic proposal and if these were related to the comics; the students' level of interest in the visual arts, one of the languages of the arts present in comics. The activities and actions proposed for the work were carried out in the light of what governs the National Curricular Reference for Indigenous Schools – RCNEI. As a result of the research, corroborating the conjectures raised in the project, it was observed that the comics were well accepted by indigenous students, encouraging them to rethink the importance of mastering the visual arts, but now, at the service of comic book productions. It was noticed that, with the use of comics as a pedagogical proposal, the students felt more motivated to read the proposed works, which reinforced the idea that they are interested in the content of the books, but there is still a need for a “channel” that makes this habit more pleasant. The comics proved to be this “conductor thread”. As for the cultural aspects, it was noticed that the teachers also felt it easier to work with the contents of their own culture in the classroom, like the stories that were transformed into comics which, in addition to favoring the application of artistic concepts, as well as the practice, there was also an appreciation of the oral literature of the people. It is hoped that this work can break into indigenous education as an instrument of cultural appreciation to be used by teachers, as well as in the academic field, prove relevant for future research that also uses this important tool.