VAMOS ARRIBAR O CÉU? POR UMA EDUCAÇÃO ATRAVESSADA POR BRASILIDADES CRIATIVAS SUBALTERNIZADAS

Abstract

This article aims to discuss possibilities for amplifying the notion of Brazilian History, emphasizing the study of narratives expressed by the indigenous and Afro-Brazilian populations through the arts, orality, rites and other Brazilian cultural manifestations. The historical records of these communities of oral tradition and their descendants, belonging to the vast territory conventionally called sertão, were historically on the margins of the official narrative of Brazil, leading to the erasure of their memories and sciences. With the aim of provoking a debate on such issues, thinking about how these topics should be present in official education curricula, I divided this article into three parts: the first is a general debate about the subject, the second is a personal/professional narrative about an encounter with Brazilian Afro-indigenous cosmological portals, during my doctoral research, and, finally, I present the proposal for the research and extension project LIFT UP THE SKY: arts, knowledges and histories of the indigenous and Afro-Brazilian backwoods, implemented in 2022, at UNEB Campus IV, as a result of these experiences and concerns. The aforementioned project has as its fundamental premise the Federal Law 11.645/08 which altered the Law of the Guidelines and Bases of National Education (9394/1996), making mandatory the inclusion of Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous Brazilian History and Culture in the official curricula of the educational system.