The teaching of the geographical contents as from the Hip Hop

Abstract

The Hip Hop is a cultural movement practiced mostly by the black population and, so as the racism, manifests in the geographic space and consequently can be studied by Geography, making it possible to study the contents of geographical science in the teaching of the discipline. Therefore, the present article has the objective to investigate and understand how Hip Hop, by means of rap branch, can be approach in the scholar Geography, helping in the construction of geographic knowledge. The theoretical reference has its the racial issue presents in Brazil, for then conceptualize the Hip Hop movement, as well as of its characteristics and contributions in scholar Geography. There is also a report about a pedagogical workshop performed at State High School Marcelino Champagnat in Londrina (PR) with learners of the 2nd year of the morning period, which was approached by the Hip Hop and it occurred the construction of raps by the learners. By the end, the elaborated raps are analyzed with the content analyzes of Bardin (1977), searching to identify the contents in the geographical science presents in it and the importance of rap in the construction and understanding of contents in scholar geography, among them: the social problems, the economy and the fight for a quality education.