The afrodescendant body-childhood: Systematization of an experience

Abstract

In the present work, emerged from a Scientific Initiation research from Salesian University Center of
São Paulo/Americana/Brazil, it was sought to analyze and systematize an educational proposal in Afri-
canities from Early Childhood Education, identifying elements of Afro-descendant body-childhood ex-
pression. The Systematization of Experiences methodology was used (Jara, 2006) in the following times:
starting point; initial questions; recovery of the lived process/background reflection and arrival points.
The activities developed for two years with approximately 300 children, between 05 and 06 years old,
show that it is possible to build alternatives in the school institution itself, with enormous potential in
terms of its ability to give meaning to children’s experiences, developing creativity, valuing diversity
and, above all, awakening their corporeal-historical-cultural consciousness. It must be recognized and
promoted educational initiatives that dialogue with emancipatory processes when it comes to studies on
the racial issue. Furthermore, the school community needs to review racist thoughts that carry myths of
white superiority. Studies that lead to the knowledge and power decolonization in Brazil and in Latin
America should be part of teacher education. Its incorporation into curricula and pedagogical proces-
ses in general has particular importance for the construction of a more human, equitable and receptive
society in face of diversity.