Cosmology and Kaingang Education

the role of the elderly

Authors

  • Bruno Ferreira Kaingang Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-4842.2024v27n3p832

Keywords:

Indigenous school education, Kaingang people, transmission of knowledge, generations

Abstract

This article is based on orality, the way in which indigenous peoples have transmitted their ancestral knowledge. It specifically discusses the characteristics of Kaingang education, which is inseparable from the cosmology of this indigenous people, and which should inspire practices in indigenous school education, as constitutionally guaranteed, in a specific, differentiated, bilingual and community-based way. To this end, it is necessary to put the idea of ​​interculturality into practice and not as a mere discourse. The Kaingang school should be based on the sharing of knowledge, where the principle of reciprocity and the presence of elders become fundamental, due to their centrality in the cultural transmission of the Kaingang people.

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Author Biography

Bruno Ferreira Kaingang, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Doctor in Education; Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Education/UFRGS; Peabiru Research Group: Amerindian Education and Interculturality (CNPq/UFRGS).

References

FERREIRA KAINGANG, Bruno. O papel da escola nas comunidades Kaingang. Tese defendida no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2020). Disponível em: https://lume.ufrgs.br/handle/10183/2/browse?value=Ferreira%2C+Bruno&type=author. Acesso em: 14 ago 2024.

LUCIANO BANIWA, Gersem José dos Santos. Educação para o manejo do mundo: entre a escola ideal e a escola real. Os dilemas da educação escolar indígena no Alto Rio Negro. Rio de Janeiro: Contra Capa; Laced, 2013.

Published

2024-12-31

How to Cite

KAINGANG, Bruno Ferreira. Cosmology and Kaingang Education: the role of the elderly. Serviço Social em Revista, [S. l.], v. 27, n. 3, p. 832–851, 2024. DOI: 10.5433/1679-4842.2024v27n3p832. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/ssrevista/article/view/51255. Acesso em: 16 jan. 2025.