Teaching Theatre to indigenous students

an intercultural challenge

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/2237-5864.2015.1977

Keywords:

Interculturalism, Theatre teaching, Indigenous education

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the theater teaching practice within an interculturalism context; more specifically, in the context of education for indigenous students. The proposed approach aims to confront the challenge of providing education, valuing and integrating the knowledge of the indigenous people, but at the same time, working with traditional theater teaching knowledge, inside and outside the University. The methodology for such includes a case study, derived from the author’s practical experience at FIEI/UFMG (Federal University of Minas Gerais), with students from various indigenous ethnic groups, allied to the thought of theorists from the fields of education, art education and theater. The results expected to be achieved are not presented as answers but rather, they consist in the formulation of certain questions, which may work as guidelines for further thinking on the subject.

Author Biography

  • Christina Fornaciari, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

    Christina Fornaciari está vinculada à FaE – Faculdade de Educação da UFMG - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, onde é Professora de Teatro-educação. Doutora em Artes Cênicas pela UFBA - Universidade Federal da Bahia, Mestre em Teorias e Práticas Teatrais pela USP - Universidade de São Paulo, Mestre em Performance pela Queen Mary University of London. Graduada em Direito e formada pelo Teatro Universitário da UFMG, atua no campo da educação na interface entre as Artes Cênicas, a Educação e os Direitos Humanos.

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2015-04-30

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2015)

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Teaching Theatre to indigenous students: an intercultural challenge. Revista Docência do Ensino Superior, Belo Horizonte, v. 5, n. 1, p. 161–182, 2015. DOI: 10.35699/2237-5864.2015.1977. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/rdes/article/view/1977. Acesso em: 18 dec. 2024.